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18 de mai. de 2024 · Langston Hughes, American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and who vividly depicted the African American experience through his writings, which ranged from poetry and plays to novels and newspaper columns. Learn more about Hughes’s life and work.
- Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf (born September 12, 1892, New York, New...
- Carl Van Vechten
Van Vechten was graduated from the University of Chicago in...
- Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral was a Chilean poet, who in 1945 became the...
- James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson (born June 17, 1871, Jacksonville,...
- Alfred A. Knopf
Há 5 dias · Both explored characters of mixed racial heritage who struggled to define their racial identity in a world of prejudice and racism. Langston Hughes addressed similar themes in his poem "Cross," and in his 1931 play, Mulatto, as did Jessie Fauset in her 1929 novel, Plum Bun.
15 de mai. de 2024 · Harlem Renaissance, a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Learn more about the Harlem Renaissance, including its noteworthy works and artists, in this article.
Há 10 horas · Fiona Tinwei Lam 27 May 2024 The Tyee. Fiona Tinwei Lam is completing her final year as Vancouver’s sixth poet laureate. The Vancouver School Board hired Vivian Jung as its first teacher of ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · Beginning in the pre- Revolutionary War period, African American writers have engaged in a creative, if often contentious, dialogue with American letters. The result is a literature rich in expressive subtlety and social insight, offering illuminating assessments of American identities and history.
Two years ago, I went through a deeply traumatizing experience with a white professor at my Christian university, and it has affected me to my core. I’ve faced many hardships in life, but this incident stands out because I feel I let myself down by not standing up for myself. I allowed a racist professor to force me to change my narrative ...
Há 5 dias · These divisions show up in our learned sense of self through political, racial, physical, gendered, economic and institutional othering, and even in the phenomenon of the nuclear familiar. We are all affected by the violence of our current systems fueled by western capitalism, and our inner compartmentalizing brings universal implications to our understanding of common humanity.
