Young, Kathleen Tankersley, 1903-1933

Kathleen Tankersley Young was an African American author and poet, and editor of the Modern Editions Press during the era of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1929 Young joined Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler to publish the BLUES: A MAGAZINE OF NEW RHYMES. BLUES boasted such contributors as Kay Boyle, Erskine Caldwell, Harry Crosby, E. E. Cummings, Oliver Jenkins, Ezra Pound, Laura Riding, Herman Spector, Gertrude Stein, Laurence Vail, William Carlos Williams, and Louis Zukofsky.

From the description of Kathleen Tankersley Young correspondence, 1928-1932. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 259437970