{"product_id":"and-bid-him-sing-charles-molesworth-9780226533643","title":"And Bid Him Sing: A Biography of Countée Cullen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile competing with Langston Hughes for the title of \"Poet Laureate of Harlem,\" Count e Cullen (1903-46) crafted poems that became touchstones for American readers, both black and white. Inspired by classic themes and working within traditional forms, Cullen shaped his poetry to address universal questions like love, death, longing, and loss while also dealing with the issues of race and idealism that permeated the national conversation. Drawing on the poet's unpublished correspondence with contemporaries and friends like Hughes, Claude McKay, Carl Van Vechten, Dorothy West, Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke, and presenting a unique interpretation of his poetic gifts, \u003ci\u003eAnd Bid Him Sing\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length critical biography of this famous American writer. Despite his untimely death at the age of forty-two, Cullen left behind an extensive body of work. In addition to five books of poetry, he authored two much-loved children's books and translated Euripides'\u003ci\u003e Medea\u003c\/i\u003e, the first translation by an African American of a Greek tragedy. In these pages, Charles Molesworth explores the many ways that race, religion, and Cullen's sexuality informed the work of one of the unquestioned stars of the Harlem Renaissance. An authoritative work of biography that brings to life one of the chief voices of his generation, \u003ci\u003eAnd Bid Him Sing\u003c\/i\u003e returns to us one of America's finest lyric poets in all of his complexity and musicality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Molesworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226533646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226533643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2012 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2013 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013","brand":"Charles Molesworth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431299764479,"sku":"9780226533643","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f3c62de-3cf6-4ca5-950b-6bce767e2da3.jpg?v=1735140915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/and-bid-him-sing-charles-molesworth-9780226533643","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}