Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen was a central poet and fiction writer of the Harlem Renaissance whose novel One Way to Heaven probed African American class and religious tensions in Harlem with wit and social acuity. He was a major cultural bridge between Black and white literary worlds.
Works
- One Way to HeavenNovel of romance and social tension between educated and working-class Blacks
- My Lives and How I Lost ThemIllustrated novella told from perspective of cat reflecting on multiple lives
- The Medea and Some PoemsPoet's adaptation of Greek tragedy with classical and contemporary interpretations
- On These I StandCollection of selected poems spanning poet's entire career and artistic range
- ColorPoetry collection addressing themes of race, identity, and social inequality
- Copper SunPoetry collection exploring spirituality, love, and African American experience
- The Ballad of the Brown GirlNarrative ballad of tragic love between young woman and poor Black man