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The entrance place of wonders : poems of the Harlem Renaissance
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- Summary
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Presents a selection of poems from authors who composed their work during the Harlem Renaissance, including such poets as Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, and James Weldon Johnson.
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- Creator
- selected by Daphne Muse ; illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Harry N. Abrams, 2006
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 0810959976, 9780810959972
- OCLC
- ocm62588151
- Includes an introduction to the Harlem Renaissance (1917-1935) and brief biographies of the poets.
- Introduction / Daphne Muse -- The wishing game / Annette Browne -- Tableau / Countee Cullen -- To you / Langston Hughes -- Sassafras tea / Effie Lee Newsome -- I've learned to sing / Georgia Douglas Johnson -- gift to sing / James Weldon Johnson -- Your world / runaway kite / Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Dream variations / Rhapsody / William Stanley Braithwaite -- Palace / Dorothy Vena Johnson -- Slumber song / Alpha Angela Bratton -- Children of the sun / Madeline G. Allison -- lizard / Gladys May Caseley-Hayford (Aquah LaLuah) -- Winter sweetness / A kindergarten song / Carrie W. Clifford -- Common things / James Alpheus Butler, Jr. -- Spring in New Hampshire / Claude McKay -- And this from Bruin Bear / Next, from the bees / Countee Cullen
Subjects
- American poetry -- African American authors -- Juvenile literature.
- Harlem Renaissance -- Juvenile literature.
- African American poets -- Juvenile poetry.
- American poetry -- African American authors.
- Harlem Renaissance.
- African American poets.
- American poetry -- African American authors.
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- Harlem Renaissance.
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- African American poets.
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