Harlem Shadows: Poems
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A harbinger of the Harlem Renaissance first published in 1922, this collection of poignant, lyrical poems explores Claude McKay's yearning for his Jamaican homeland and the bitter plight of Black and African Caribbean people in America--now with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown.
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022--Vulture With pure heart, passion, and honesty, Claude McKay offers...
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Langston Hughes described the experience of the Harlem Renaissance as "…to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame." It was a movement of the senses, steps quickened to the sound of Jazz and Blues, the air was redolent of food reminiscent of Carolina and the Caribbean, the mind was stimulated by new ideas, and the energy was like an electric current to a wire.
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