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Harlem Shadows

by Claude McKay

An award winning Jamaican poet who writes passionately about his birth home and his adopted home, USA. Claude McKay vividly describes family life, love, hate, work, and social life. The reader obtains a strong sense of black life through his colorful and emotional poetry.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1922

Authors

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Claude McKay

United States

Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jamaica, McKay first traveled to the United States to attend college,...

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