Category Archives: Black Writers

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Sterling Plumpp: Survival Blues

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Richard Guzman

Born in rural Mississippi in 1940, Sterling Plumpp has for thirty years taught at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and produced a body of poetry giving him considerable claim to be one of the country’s most distinguished blues-jazz poets. Somber … Continue reading →

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William Attaway: Banana Boats and Civil Rights

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Richard Guzman

One of the most versatile black writers in American history, William Attaway wrote poems, stories, plays, music, and scripts for radio, television, and film.  With the appearance of his first novel Let Me Breathe Thunder in 1939, and especially Blood … Continue reading →

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Frank Marshall Davis: Lyricism and Protest

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Richard Guzman

For most of his life Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) worked as a journalist for papers such as the Gary American, the Atlanta World, and the Chicago Star, a labor weekly he co-founded and served as executive editor.  Moving to Hawaii, … Continue reading →

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