The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 138, Issue 3Yale Literary Society, 1969 |
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... young Black writers have taken Wright's position in 1937 and have consciously tried to do what they say is the function of the Black writer . Le Roi Jones , Larry Neal , and Don L. Lee are three of these young writers . Neal is probably ...
... young Black writers have taken Wright's position in 1937 and have consciously tried to do what they say is the function of the Black writer . Le Roi Jones , Larry Neal , and Don L. Lee are three of these young writers . Neal is probably ...
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... YOUNG AND SUPPLE , YET WHIPCORD TAUT ,. I NEED NO GOD , NO MAN , NO WOMAN'S INTUITION . I TRUST NOT GOD'S GUIDANCE , FOR ' TIS MAN'S INVENTION . I NEED NO TALISMAN . " BELIEVE ! " THEY PRESS UPON MY BRAIN . " IN WHAT ? " I ASK AGAIN AND ...
... YOUNG AND SUPPLE , YET WHIPCORD TAUT ,. I NEED NO GOD , NO MAN , NO WOMAN'S INTUITION . I TRUST NOT GOD'S GUIDANCE , FOR ' TIS MAN'S INVENTION . I NEED NO TALISMAN . " BELIEVE ! " THEY PRESS UPON MY BRAIN . " IN WHAT ? " I ASK AGAIN AND ...
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... YOUNG BLACK MAN STARED HARD AT ME , DISAPPROVINGLY . ACCUSINGLY HATEFULLY BURNINGLY SPITEFULLY I WANT TO CRY . HOW MISERABLE I AM . MY HEAD HURTS AND THE PULSING INCREASED . AWARENESS SLEEP , SLEEP . TOSSING AND TURNING BRAIN AND HEART ...
... YOUNG BLACK MAN STARED HARD AT ME , DISAPPROVINGLY . ACCUSINGLY HATEFULLY BURNINGLY SPITEFULLY I WANT TO CRY . HOW MISERABLE I AM . MY HEAD HURTS AND THE PULSING INCREASED . AWARENESS SLEEP , SLEEP . TOSSING AND TURNING BRAIN AND HEART ...
Contents
Black Writing if it is Not Going to Dis feature containing an explanation and examples | 4 |
Poem John Williams The Lit was fortunate to obtain a short story from | 15 |
Poem Houston Baker Sopko a writer from Bridgeport had submitted | 22 |
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