“Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth!”

About Claude McKay

Writer • Jamaican

Festus Claudius 'Claude' McKay was a seminal Jamaican writer and poet who was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Born and raised in rural Jamaica, his early works captured the dialect and spirit of his homeland...