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2.7 Countee Cullen, Color (1925)

Feb 04, 2011 19:34

Countee Cullen, Color (1925 ( Read more... )

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browngirl February 4 2011, 13:15:12 UTC

He was one of my favorite poets in my teens; I've always loved rhyme and form and formality, and he allied those to issues of race, class and color I knew from my everyday life.

emma_in_oz February 5 2011, 11:33:54 UTC

I really enjoyed his poetry too - have another volume on my shelf that I shall read at some point.

Can I ask: was he assigned at school or did you find him independently?

browngirl February 6 2011, 21:34:32 UTC

I looked him up after hearing about the Harlem Renaissance in school.

Wasn't his name dakiwiboid February 4 2011, 16:35:44 UTC

actually "Cullen", though, not "Callum"?

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Re: Wasn't his name emma_in_oz February 5 2011, 11:32:55 UTC

It totally was Cullen. This is what happens when the book itself is upstairs in my baby's room while I write the review downstairs. My apologies.