The poem remains by far the most famous work by Cuney (1906–1976), who had deep family roots in Texas and began writing during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.

Or listen to Claude McKay recite a poem. You can truly see what used to be there and how it was important to queer history.” With the Queer Harlem Renaissance app, ...

The second exhibit drew upon Special Collections’ significant selection of music, monographs and more from the Harlem Renaissance. The current exhibition, a partnership between UVA Library and the ...

The Harlem Renaissance, ... His poems, such as “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “Harlem,” continue to be celebrated for their powerful expression of African American experiences.

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

Queer literature isn’t just a modern phenomenon; it boasts a rich and diverse history that spans centuries. From the lyrical ...

The Harlem Renaissance — known then as the "New Negro Movement" — saw the rise of jazz, ... be it dance, music, writing, poetry. It's a very vibrant robust period. ...

“There’s so much to admire in the energy and musicality of Anne Spencer’s poems — her life in the Harlem Renaissance, as a practicing artist and as a civil rights leader, is such an ...

This week’s installment tests your knowledge of novels, poems and memoirs by writers connected to the Harlem Renaissance, a creative movement by Black authors, artists and musicians that ...

Published poet and researcher of African American literature Angel Dye will be joining SIUE’s Department of English as an ...

NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and possibility in the 1920s.