February 22, 2016, Filed Under: AuthorsCountée Cullen and “The Negro Number” of Palms This is the second of a three-part series of posts highlighting the influence and work of Countée Cullen, a poet and editor during the Harlem Renaissance. In the mid-1920s anthologies of African American writing found a receptive audience in the United States and abroad. The poetry magazine Palms embraced the trend… read more
February 22, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Research + TeachingFellows Find: National identity’s influence on Elizabeth Bowen’s imagination Eibhear Walshe, a Senior Lecturer in the School of English at University College Cork, came to the Ransom Center in 2014 to utilize the collection of Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen. Dr. Walshe’s publications include Kate O’Brien: A Writing Life (2006), Cissie’s Abattoir (2009), Oscar’s Shadow (2011), and The Diary of… read more
February 18, 2016, Filed Under: Authors“Countée Cullen. Twenty-two. Watch him.” Countée Cullen was one of the first poets to establish a national reputation in the midst of the Harlem, or New Negro, Renaissance. Critics recognized Cullen’s first book of poetry, Color (1925), as a significant literary achievement.
