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Claude McKay

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Claude McKay (1889–1948) was a Jamaican-born writer, poet, and political activist. His first novel, Home to Harlem, a bestseller that won the Harmon Gold Award for Literature, was published in 1928. He wrote seven novels, two memoirs, short stories, poetry, and an essay collection entitled Harlem: Negro Metropolis. Harlem Shadows was among the first books published during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Home to Harlem book cover

Home to Harlem

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Home to Harlem book cover

Home to Harlem

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Home to Harlem book cover

Home to Harlem

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Home to Harlem book cover

Home to Harlem

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The Collected Articles of Claude McKay book cover

The Collected Articles of Claude McKay

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Constab Ballads book cover

Constab Ballads

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Harlem Shadows book cover

Harlem Shadows

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Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems book cover

Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems

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Harlem Shadows book cover

Harlem Shadows

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Harlem Shadows book cover

Harlem Shadows

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Songs of Jamaica book cover

Songs of Jamaica

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Romance in Marseille book cover

Romance in Marseille

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Amiable with Big Teeth book cover

Amiable with Big Teeth

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Selected Poems book cover

Selected Poems

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