Robert Hayden

The Academy of American Poets site has put up this page about Hayden, where you’ll find a photo, a biography, a bibliography, a link to an audio poem, and other related links.

Here’s another good Hayden start page, this time from Perspectives in American Literature, or PAL, which contains a photo, bibliographies, and links.

Follow this link for the etext of an essay about Hayden’s work called “Epic of Community.”

The Modern American Poetry site at the University of Illinois has put up these two poems by Hayden, “Those Winter Sundays,” and “Frederick Douglass.” The former is in your text. How do the print and electronic forms differ? How does the second poem differ from the one in your text?

To put Hayden into historical context, you should become familiar with the history of Harlem. Here is a timeline with photos revolving around Harlem in the first half of the last century. It’s a good place to start your historical journey.

If you’d like more on the social history of Harlem in this era, here is a tour of “Harlem After Dark” in the 1920s.

The prominent figures of the Harlem Renaissance were not exclusively men. These links featuring women active in the Harlem Renaissance will help make your understanding of the movement more complete.

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