A Gallery of Harlem Portraits - Tolson, Melvin B
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Melvin B. Tolson's Harlem Gallery, published in 1965 as the first book of a projected epic, drew literary praise while it offered a demanding critical challenge. The publication here for the first time of A Gallery of Harlem Portraits, Tolson's first book-length collection of poems, will provide scholars and critics a rich insight into how Tolson's literary picture of Harlem evolved. The poems paint lively portraits of Harlem men and women of all colours and ways of life in the 1930s.

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Melvin B. Tolson's Harlem Gallery, published in 1965 as the first book of a projected epic, drew literary praise while it offered a demanding critical challenge. The publication here for the first time of A Gallery of Harlem Portraits, Tolson's first book-length collection of poems, will provide scholars and critics a rich insight into how Tolson's literary picture of Harlem evolved. The poems paint lively portraits of Harlem men and women of all colours and ways of life in the 1930s.
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About the Author Born in Moberly, Missouri, Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966) was one of the outstanding poets of the twentieth century, the author of three books of poetry as well as several novels, dramas, one-act plays, and a newspaper column. A Professor of English and Drama at Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma from 1947 to 1965, Tolson's work won the Annual Poetry Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1966. About the Editor Robert M. Farnsworth is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has published numerous scholarly articles and poems and is co-editor of Richard Wright: Impressions and Perspectives.