Caroling dusk : an anthology of verse by Negro poets by Countee Cullen
"Caroling Dusk: An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets" edited by Countee Cullen is a poetry anthology published in 1927. This landmark collection captures the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance, featuring works by thirty-eight African-American poets including Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Claude McKay. The anthology showcases the diverse voices of Black poets—men, women, and even children—exploring themes of beauty, pain, and identity. Each poet's work is accompanied by biographical sketches,
offering readers insight into the lives behind the verses that defined an era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Editor | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 |
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| LoC No. | 27023175 |
| Title | Caroling dusk : an anthology of verse by Negro poets |
| Original Publication | New York: Harper & Row, 1927. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroling_Dusk |
| Contents | Paul Lawrence Dunbar -- Joseph S. Cotton, Sr. -- James Weldon Johnson -- William Edward Burghardt du Bois -- Wiliam Stanley Braithwaite -- James Edward McCall -- Angelina Weld Grimké -- Anne Spencer -- Mary Effie Lee Newsome -- John Frederick Matheus -- Fenton Johnson -- Jessie Fauset -- Alice Dunbar Nelson -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Claude McKay -- Jean Toomer -- Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. -- Blanche Taylor Dickinson -- Frank Horne -- Lewis Alexander -- Sterling A. Brown -- Clarissa Scott Delany -- Langston Hughes -- Gwendolyn B. Bennett -- Arna Bontemps -- Albert Rice -- Countee Cullen -- Donald Jeffrey Hayes -- Jonathan Henderson Brooks -- Gladys May Casely Hayford -- Lucy Ariel Williams -- George Leonard Allen -- Richard Bruce -- Waring Cuney -- Edward S. Silvera -- Helene Johnson -- Wesley Curtwright -- Lula Lowe Weeden. |
| Credits | Carla Foust, Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | American poetry -- African American authors |
| Subject | African Americans -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 76889 |
| Release Date | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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