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Claude McKay
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Claude McKay (born Festus Claudius McKay) (September 15, 1889 – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote four novels: Home to Harlem (1928), a best-seller which won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, Banjo (1929), Banana Bottom (1933) and in 1941 the manuscript of a novel that has not yet been published called Amiable With Big Teeth: A Novel of the Love Affair Between the Communists and the Poor Black Sheep of Harlem. McKay also authored a collection of short stories, Gingertown (1932), and two autobiographical books, A Long Way from Home (1937) and Harlem: Negro Metropolis (1940). His 1922 book of poetry, Harlem Shadows, was among the first books published during the Harlem Renaissance. His poetry collection, Selected Poems, was published posthumously, in 1953. McKay was attracted to communism in his early life, but he was never a member of the Communist Party. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Anthology of Negro Poetry
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Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like The Rivers
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The Glory of Negro History
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Poem of The Day
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Every Tone A Testimony
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Harlem Speaks
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Naaal (2nd) Audio Companion (II)
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Call & Response - The Riverside Anthology To The African American Literary Tradition
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Word!
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Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers (1 of 2)
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Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers Disc 1
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African-American Literature (Spoken)