Countee Cullen letter, ca. 1932.

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Countee Cullen letter, ca. 1932.

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Cullen thanks the unnamed recipient [the salutation has been clipped] for a letter about his novel, One Way to Heaven, published in 1932, but is more pleased that the correspondent prefers his poetry. He regrets that he cannot send a photo since he hasn't been photographed in the past five years.

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Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

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African-American poet, anthologist, translator, playwright and an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Cullen was graduated from De Witt Clinton High School in New York City and from New York University in 1925. While attending NYU he held a part-time job as a doorman at the Grolier Club, a New York City bibliophile society. He took post-graduate work at Harvard University and received an M.A. From the description of TLS : Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Frederick B. Coykendall, ...