The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees showcases the dark brilliance and absorbing vision of one of America’s most fascinating artistic and literary figures, Weldon Kees (1914–55).
By the age of thirty, Weldon Kees (1914–55) was a poet, journalist, musician, painter, photographer, and short story writer living in New York City. Despite a contract for aforthcoming no
Here is, to quote the eminent historian Nathan Irvin Huggins, ?one of the finest American autobiographies written in this century.” Born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida, James Weldon Johnson began hi
In its early years, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company survived multiple threats to its existence. Under its new corporate name, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company would soon be
“A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitively edited by Rudolph Byrd.”–Henry Louis Gates, Jr.One of the leading voices of the Harlem Resaissance and a crucial literary figure of his time, James
Contributing to and drawing on the emerging field of sound studies, Morrissette (English, U. of North Carolina at Greensboro) analyzes the complex aesthetic of sound embodied in the works of James Wel
This book offers a critical analysis of British author Fay Weldon’s major novels from 1967 to the present and addresses how Weldon’s fiction engages with controversial moral and social iss
Assembles reactions to the work of American poet, songwriter, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and autobiographer Johnson (1871- 1938), best known for his Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (191
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) exemplified the ideal of the American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter, diplomat, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and first African American
Weldon Kees is one of those fascinating people you’ve likely never heard of. What is most captivating about Kees is that he disappeared without a trace on July 18, 1955. Police found his 1954 Plymouth