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Review of I Am New Orleans & Other Poems

The book, edited by Rudolph Lewis and Amin Sharif, with an illuminating introduction by Lewis, reveals a poet old-fashioned in formal terms, but thoroughly modern in his concerns, among which the most prominent seem to be multifaceted issues of race and of romantic love. Christian was head of the black writers component of the Federal Writer's project in Louisiana from the 1930s until the early 40s. He was a writer-in-residence (and a pioneering teacher of black history) at UNO the last seven years of his life.

--Ralph Adamo, poet and editor, Fall 1999 Louisiana Cultural Vistas

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Selected Letters  Selected Diary Notes

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 LSU and Skip Gates

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