Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean

by James Davis and James Davis

Book Overview

Eric Walrond (1898-1966) was a writer, journalist, caustic critic, and fixture of 1920s Harlem. His short story collection, Tropic Death , was one of the first efforts by a black author to depict Caribbean lives and voices in American fiction. Restoring Walrond to his proper place as a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, this biography situates Tropic Death within the author's broader corpus and positions the work as a catalyst and driving force behind...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231157843
• ISBN13: 9780231157841
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher