Home to Harlem by Claude McKay #foliosociety rooted in the daily dramas

rooted in the daily dramas of his own Norfolk garden

visited by memories of all she’s left behind

they gather their three grown children to share the staggering news: in one year’s time

folklore and hauntology' - Roger Clarke

As they roam the world together

Home to Harlem by Claude McKay #foliosociety rooted in the daily dramasOne of the finest and best known novels of the Harlem Renaissance. Claude McKays first novel, Home to Harlem, was published in 1928 during the height of the Harlem Renaissance. McKay portrays Harlem post WWI, through Jake, an African American longshoreman who deserts the U. S. army and returns to his home in Harlem, and Ray, a Haitian intellectual expatriate. With his use of dialect, McKay portrays these men and other working class characters who try