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Books by Marcus Bruce
Christian
Song of the Black Valiants: Marching Tempo
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High Ground: A Collection of Poems /
Negro soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans
I am New
Orleans: A Poem
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Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900 /
The Liberty Monument
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Letter 9
Paul Brooks
of Houghton Mifflin
Gives Christian the Brush off
HOUGHTON
MIFFLIN COMPANY
2
Park Street, Boston,
February
26, 1936
Dear
Mr. Saxon:
It
was very kind of you to write me about Marcus Christian and to
send me samples of his work. I agree with
you that he has talent and if he wishes to apply for a
Fellowship, we should be very glad indeed to give his project
every consideration.
On
the other hand, if it is a question of your not wanting to raise
his hopes on fairly slim chance, perhaps it would
be better not to go any further. I shall have to leave that to
your judgment. As you well know, publishers today are having a
very hard time with books of poetry and, speaking unofficially,
I should say that the chances of Mr. Christian winning a
Fellowship are relatively slight. I am, therefore, returning the
material to you, leaving you to do what you think best.
I
understand that our Southern representative, Mr. Barker, had the
pleasure of meeting you a short time ago. I'm sure
that you realize we are very interested in your work and if you
ever have a book which is free of other obligations, we should
be more than glad to consider it here. With best wishes,
Sincerely
yours,
Paul
Brooks
Editorial
Department
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Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) was
known in his day as "Mr. New Orleans." Saxon lived the life of
the Southern gentleman, championed the romance and tradition of old New
Orleans and wrote history and biography as well as fiction. As director
of the Louisiana Federal Writer's project of the Works progress
Administration, Saxon contributed to and compiled
Gumbo Ya-Ya, a
collection of Louisiana folktales, and valuable and enduring guides to
new Orleans and to the state. other Saxon titles include Father
Mississippi (1927),
Fabulous New Orleans (1928),
Old Louisiana (1929), Lafitte
the Pirate (1930), and the novel
Children of Strangers (1937). Robert Tallant collaborated with Saxon and
other FWP researchers on Gumbo Ya-Ya. Saxon also worked with
Marcus B. Christian and the Dillard Project to develop a history of
blacks in Louisiana. Christian ennobled view of blacks however differed
from Saxon's more traditional view of the Negro in the South |
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Marcus Bruce
Christian
Selected Diary Notes
/ Selected Poems
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Selected Letters
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Memories of Marcus B. Christian
(Cains) Christian's
BioBibliographical Record Introduction to I AM NEW
ORLEANS
A
Theory of a Black Aesthetic Magpies,
Goddesses, & Black Male Identity
Activist Works on Next Level of Change
Intro to I Am New
Orleans
Letter from Dillard University
A
Labor of Genuine Love
Letter of Gift of
Photos
Letters from
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Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900
By Marcus Bruce Christian
Study of the blacksmith
tradition and New Orleans famous lace balconies and
fences.
Acclaimed
during his life as the unofficial poet laureate of
the New Orleans African-American community, Marcus
Christian recorded a distinguished career as
historian, journalist, and literary scholar. He was
a contributor to Pelican's
Gumbo Ya Ya, and also wrote many articles
that appeared in numerous newspapers, journals, and
general-interest publications. |
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Audio:
My Story, My Song (Featuring blues guitarist Walter Wolfman Washington)
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Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered
the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
By H. W. Brands
In Greenback Planet, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in U.S. monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis. Brands explores the dollar's changing relations to gold and silver and to other currencies and cogently explains how America's economic might made the dollar the fundamental standard of value in world finance. He vividly describes the 1869 Black Friday attempt to corner the gold market, banker J. P. Morgan's bailout of the U.S. treasury, the creation of the Federal Reserve, and President Franklin Roosevelt's handling of the bank panic of 1933. Brands shows how lessons learned (and not learned) in the Great Depression have influenced subsequent U.S. monetary policy, and how the dollar's dominance helped transform economies in countries ranging from Germany and Japan after World War II to Russia and China today. He concludes with a sobering dissection of the 2008 world financial debacle, which exposed the power--and the enormous risks--of the dollar's worldwide reign. The Economy |
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Sex at the Margins
Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
By Laura María Agustín
This book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work, that migrants who sell sex are passive victims and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest. Laura Agustín makes a passionate case against these stereotypes, arguing that the label 'trafficked' does not accurately describe migrants' lives and that the 'rescue industry' serves to disempower them. Based on extensive research amongst both migrants who sell sex and social helpers, Sex at the Margins provides a radically different analysis. Frequently, says Agustin, migrants make rational choices to travel and work in the sex industry, and although they are treated like a marginalised group they form part of the dynamic global economy. Both powerful and controversial, this book is essential reading for all those who want to understand the increasingly important relationship between sex markets, migration and the desire for social justice. "Sex at the Margins rips apart distinctions between migrants, service work and sexual labour and reveals the utter complexity of the contemporary sex industry. This book is set to be a trailblazer in the study of sexuality."—Lisa Adkins, University of London |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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