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An important text in the canon of African American literature, representing a unique approach to exploring the complexities of race, class and identity during the early twentieth century. Through his use of lyrical language and poetic imagery, McKay offers insightful meditations on the cultural displacement experienced by many African Americans living in northern cities such as New York City.
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9781787365780Edition
0Table of contents
- INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR’S WORD
- THE EASTER FLOWER
- TO ONE COMING NORTH
- AMERICA
- ALFONSO, DRESSING TO WAIT AT TABLE
- THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK
- FLAME-HEART
- HOME THOUGHTS
- ON BROADWAY
- THE BARRIER
- ADOLESCENCE
- HOMING SWALLOWS
- THE CITY’S LOVE
- NORTH AND SOUTH
- WILD MAY
- THE PLATEAU
- AFTER THE WINTER
- THE WILD GOAT
- HARLEM SHADOWS
- THE WHITE CITY
- THE SPANISH NEEDLE
- MY MOTHER
- IN BONDAGE
- DECEMBER, 1919
- HERITAGE
- WHEN I HAVE PASSED AWAY
- ENSLAVED
- I SHALL RETURN
- MORNING JOY
- AFRICA
- ON A PRIMITIVE CANOE
- WINTER IN THE COUNTRY
- TO WINTER
- SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
- ON THE ROAD
- THE HARLEM DANCER
- DAWN IN NEW YORK
- THE TIRED WORKER
- OUTCAST
- I KNOW MY SOUL
- BIRDS OF PREY
- THE CASTAWAYS
- EXHORTATION: SUMMER, 1919
- THE LYNCHING
- BAPTISM
- IF WE MUST DIE
- SUBWAY WIND
- THE NIGHT FIRE
- POETRY
- TO A POET
- A PRAYER
- WHEN DAWN COMES TO THE CITY
- O WORD I LOVE TO SING
- ABSENCE
- SUMMER MORN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
- REST IN PEACE
- A RED FLOWER
- COURAGE
- TO O.E.A.
- ROMANCE
- FLOWER OF LOVE
- THE SNOW FAIRY
- LA PALOMA IN LONDON
- A MEMORY OF JUNE
- FLIRTATION
- TORMENTED
- POLARITY
- ONE YEAR AFTER
- FRENCH LEAVE
- JASMINES
- COMMEMORATION
- MEMORIAL
- THIRST
- FUTILITY
- THROUGH AGONY