This selection from the work of 38 Poets was made by Countee Cullen in 1927.
This is the first time the Anthology has appeared in a paperback edition..
Long out of print, Caroling Dusk is a valuable addition to the body of Black literature.
These poems remain powerful statements of what it means to be human, whatever the race.
Most of the Poets became well known and widely published in the years that followed. (written by his father), and Lula Weeden (written by her mother).
Cotter, Jr.
Each poem includes poignant biographical notes written by the Poets themselves, with the exception of the notes on Dunbar (written by his wife), Joseph S.
Brown, Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen himself, to name only a few.
Du Bois, Jessie Faucet, Sterling A.
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Beginning with the work of Paul Laurence Dunbar, who, though there were Black Poets before him, is generally credited as the first Black poet to make a deep impression on the literary world, the book includes the writings of James Weldon Johnson, W.
His stated purpose at the time was to bring together a miscellany of deeply appreciated but scattered verse. **Lightning Print On Demand Title This selection from the work of thirty-eight Poets was made by Countee Cullen in 1927.
Du Bois, and other Poets of the twenties.
Brown, Jessie Faucet, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Jean Toomer, Claude McKay, W.
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Poets include Countee Cullen, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Sterling A.
His stated purpose at the time was to bring together a miscellany of deeper appreciated but scattered verse.
This selection from the work of 38 Poets was made by Countee Cullen in 1927
