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Kanopy
A Literary Tour of the United States
Summary
This lecture follows the artistic output surrounding two interrelated social movements in 20th-century New York. First, uncover the history and ethos of the Harlem Renaissance, as seen in the works of Claude McKay, James Weldon Johnson, and Nella Larsen. Then, trace the long unfolding of the queer arts movement from the 1920s to the present in the poetry of Audre Lorde, Eileen Myles, and others.