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Home to Harlem

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**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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**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
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Home To Harlem

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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 , 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
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Songs of Jamaica

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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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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
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Poetry of Claude McKay, The

A pioneer of black poetry and a founder of the Harlem Renaissance

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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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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
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Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay

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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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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
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70+ Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays

Passing, The Goophered Grapevine, The Weary Blues, Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and others

by Frederick Douglass, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Jean Toomer, Phillis Wheatley, Frances E. W. Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, William Still, W. E. B. Du Bois ...

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were
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Home to Harlem

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A Black American longshoreman struggles to feel at home after returning from service in WWI in this classic Harlem Renaissance novel.When America joins World War I in 1917, Jake Brown enlists, ready to fight the Germans and become a hero. Yet when he arrives in France, he's treated more like a slave than a soldier. He spends his time toting around lumber and picking fights with his white comrades. ... Read more

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A Black American longshoreman struggles to feel at home after returning from service in WWI in this classic Harlem Renaissance novel.When America joins World War I in 1917, Jake Brown enlists, ready to fight the Germans and become a hero. Yet when he arrives in France, he's treated more like a slave than a soldier. He spends his time toting around lumber and picking fights with his white comrades.
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Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay (Annotated)

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by Claude McKay, Finian Umberwick ...

Harlem Shadows gathers Claude McKay's early lyric achievement into one of the foundational volumes of the Harlem Renaissance. Moving between sonnets, songs, and dialect poems, the collection confronts racial violence, exile, urban hardship, erotic longing, and the fractured promise of modern America. Its formal discipline—especially McKay's commanding use of the English sonnet—intensifies rather ... Read more

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Harlem Shadows gathers Claude McKay's early lyric achievement into one of the foundational volumes of the Harlem Renaissance. Moving between sonnets, songs, and dialect poems, the collection confronts racial violence, exile, urban hardship, erotic longing, and the fractured promise of modern America. Its formal discipline—especially McKay's commanding use of the English sonnet—intensifies rather
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Banjo

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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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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
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A Long Way from Home

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That run was the most exciting I ever made on the railroad. After three days away from New York, our dining car was returning again, feeding a morning train out of Philadelphia. A three-days' run was a long one and our crew was in a happy getting-home mood. In the pantry cooks and waiters joked mainly about women, as always, wives and sweethearts; some chanted, "Someone else may be there when I'm ... Read more

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That run was the most exciting I ever made on the railroad. After three days away from New York, our dining car was returning again, feeding a morning train out of Philadelphia. A three-days' run was a long one and our crew was in a happy getting-home mood. In the pantry cooks and waiters joked mainly about women, as always, wives and sweethearts; some chanted, "Someone else may be there when I'm
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Banjo

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Harlem Renaissance author Claude McKay's semi-autobiographical novel about Black former dockworkers living in France, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.On the waterfronts of 1920s Marseille, Lincoln Agrippa Daily, known as “Banjo,” and his group of fellow unemployed Black seamen navigate daily lives filled with joy and camaraderie: playing music in local cafés ... Read more

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Harlem Renaissance author Claude McKay's semi-autobiographical novel about Black former dockworkers living in France, freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line.On the waterfronts of 1920s Marseille, Lincoln Agrippa Daily, known as “Banjo,” and his group of fellow unemployed Black seamen navigate daily lives filled with joy and camaraderie: playing music in local cafés
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The Great Poems by African American Writers

Selections from Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Countee Cullen and many others

by Phillis Wheatley, Frances E. W. Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes ...

Narrated by Shawna Wolf ...

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were
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