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  • Harlem Shadows

    Poems

    by Claude McKay ...
    A collection of poetry from the award-winning, Jamaican-American author of Home to Harlem.In Harlem Shadows, poet and writer Claude McKay touches on a variety of themes as he celebrates his Jamaican heritage and sheds light on the Black American experience. While the title poem follows sex workers on the streets of Harlem in New York City, the sight of fruit in a window in "The Tropics of New York ... Read more

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  • Romance in Marseille

    by Claude McKay ...
    **The pioneering novel of physical disability, transatlantic travel, and black international politics. A vital document of black modernism and one of the earliest overtly queer fictions in the African American tradition. Published for the first time.A Penguin ClassicA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice/Staff PickVulture's Ten Best Books of 2020 pick**Buried in the archive for almost ninety ... Read more

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  • Amiable with Big Teeth

    by Claude McKay ...
    A monumental literary event: the newly discovered final novel by seminal Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay, a rich and multilayered portrayal of life in 1930s Harlem and a historical protest for black freedomOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsThe unexpected discovery in 2009 of a completed manuscript of Claude McKay’s final novel was celebrated as one of the most ... Read more

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  • Home to Harlem

    by Claude McKay ...
    **Claude McKay’s most well-known Harlem Renaissance novel now in Penguin ClassicsA Penguin Classic**Claude McKay’s first novel, Home to Harlem, was published in 1928 during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. McKay portrays Harlem post-WWI through two Black migrants to New York: Jake, a Southern-born African American longshoreman who deserts the U.S. army and returns to his home in Harlem; and ... Read more

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  • Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay

    Enriched edition. Sonnets and Poetic Protest of Race, Identity, and Resilience in 1920s Harlem

    by Claude McKay ...
    In "Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay," the celebrated poet explores the multifaceted experience of African Americans in the Harlem Renaissance, employing a vibrant mix of sonnets, free verse, and lyrical styles. McKay's poignant imagery and sharp social commentary reflect the struggles, resilience, and aspirations of Black communities in early 20th-century America, drawing readers into ... Read more

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  • Banjo

    by Claude McKay ...
    Banjo , Claude McKay's second novel, follows a band of beachcombers made up of members of the African diaspora as they live as vagrants in Marseilles. Their de facto leader is the titular Banjo, an easygoing African-American musician and veteran of World War I, who aspires to assemble the band of beach boys into an orchestra. The novel also follows Ray, an itinerant Haitian writer and intellectual ... Read more

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  • The Poetry of Claude McKay: 'If we must die, O let us nobly die''

    by Claude McKay ...
    Festus Claudius McKay was born in Sunny Ville, Jamaica on the 15th September 1890, He was the youngest son to parents who had gathered enough assets to secure them the right to vote.As a boy he was fascinated by English Poetry and literature, although at 17 he took on work as an apprentice woodcutter for two years before becoming a police constable in the capital, Kingston. In this mainly white ... Read more

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  • Home To Harlem

    by Claude McKay ...
    Home to Harlem , the first published novel by the Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay , follows the life of Jake, an African-American longshoreman who enlists with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I before deserting and returning to Harlem. Upon his return, Jake indulges in all of the sensual pleasures Harlem has to offer, including a series of sexual entanglements. Owing to ... Read more

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  • Home to Harlem

    by Claude McKay ...
    Published in 1928, Claude McKay's novel Home to Harlem follows the story of the main character Jake Brown, a former soldier, as he attempts to rebuild his life in Harlem after his experience in World War I.Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay (September 15, 1890 – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Read more

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  • Songs of Jamaica

    by Claude McKay ...
    First published in 1912, Songs of Jamaica is the debut poetry collection of Claude McKay—one of the most influential voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Written in both Standard English and Jamaican Creole, the poems capture the rhythms, landscapes, and everyday lives of the Jamaican people at the dawn of the twentieth century. McKay’s verses celebrate rural life, love, and faith while also ... Read more

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  • Harlem Shadows

    Poems

    by Claude McKay ...
    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—VultureWith pure heart, passion, and honesty, Claude ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Spring in New Hampshire

    by Claude McKay ...
    Spring in New Hampshire by Claude McKay is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: (To J. L. J. F. E) Too green the ... Read more

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