African American Poetry: A Digital Anthology

Fire!! Devoted to Younger Negro Artists (November 1926) (Full text)



Prefatory Material, including Wallace Thurman's commentary essay "Fire Burns" 


Table of Contents:
Wallace Thurman, "Cordelia the Crude" (1926)
Zora Neale Hurston, "Color Struck" (1926)
Countee Cullen, "From the Dark Tower" (1926)
Helene Johnson, "A Southern Road" (1926)
Edward Silvera, "Jungle Taste" (1926)
Waring Cuney, "The Death Bed" (1926)
Langston Hughes, "Elevator Boy" (1926)
Langston Hughes, "Railroad Avenue" (1926)
Arna Bontemps, "Length of Moon" (1926)
Lewis Alexander, "Streets" (1926)
Gwendolyn Bennett, "Wedding Day" (1926)
Bruce Nugent, "Smoke, Lilies and Jade" (1926)
Zora Neale Hurston, "Sweat" (1926)


Table of Contents

COVER DESIGNS Aaron Douglas
FOREWORD 
DRAWING Richard Bruce



CORDELIA THE CRUDE, A Harlem Sketch... Wallace Thurman
COLOR STRUCK, A Play in Four Scenes ...... Zora Neale Hurston
FLAME FROM THE DARK TOWER .......A Section of Poetry

   Countee Cullen
   Helene Johnson
   Edward Silvers
   Waring Cuney
   Langston Hughes
   Arna Bontemps
   Lewis Alexander

DRAWING ........Richard Bruce
WEDDING DAY , A Story.....Gwendolyn Bennett
THREE DRAWINGS.............Aaron Douglas
SMOKE, LILIES AND JADE, A Novel, Part I.................Richard Bruce 
SWEAT, A Story.........Zora Neale Hurston
INTELLIGENTSIA , An Essay.......... Arthur Huff Fauset
FIRE BURNS, Editorial Comment..Wallace Thurman
INCIDENTAL ART DECORATIONS..........Aaron Douglas


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