Eric Walrond
Subtitle: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780231157841
Subjects: American literature; Harlem renaissance; Authors, american; Authors, biography
Description: Eric Walrond (1898-1966) was a writer, journalist, and caustic critic. His short story collection, 'Tropic Death', was one of the first by a black author to depict Caribbean lives and voices in American fiction. Restoring him to his proper place as a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, this biography situates 'Tropic Death' within Walrond's broader corpus and positions it as a catalyst and driving force behind the New Negro literary movement in America.