Claude Mckay: 5 books

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 freedom   The unexpected discovery in 2009 of a completed manuscript of Claude McKay’s final...

**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 Classic** Buried in the...

In his 1918 autobiographical essay, "A Negro Poet Writes," Claude McKay (1889–1948), reveals much about the wellspring of his poetry."I am a black man, born in Jamaica, B.W.I., and have been living in America for the last years. It was the first time I had ever come face to face with such manifest,...

Voi che state per perdervi tra le vie e tra i colori di Harlem, attenti: alcool, fumo, sesso e gioco d’azzardo grondano dalle pagine di questo libro. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1928, Ritorno a Harlem è il romanzo con cui Claude McKay fece conoscere al mondo intero i colori e le passioni...

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable...