Author:Arna Wendell Bontemps

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Arna Wendell Bontemps
(1902–1973)

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American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance

Works

Poetry

"Length of Moon", in Fire!! (1926), edited by Wallace Henry Thurman
In Caroling Dusk (1927), edited by Countee Cullen
"The Return"

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping"

"To a Young Girl Leaving the Hill Country"

"Nocturne at Bethesda"

"Length of Moon"

"Lancelot"

"Gethsemane"

"A Tree Design"

"Blight"

"The Day-breakers"

"Close Your Eyes!"

"God Give to Men"

"Homing"

"Golgotha Is a Mountain"

Novels

God Sends Sunday (1931)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2027 due to Renewal R210659

Children's books

Popo and Fifina (1932)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2028 due to Renewal R258127, with Langston Hughes
You Can't Pet a Possum (1934)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2030 due to Renewal R287329

Works about Bontemps

"Arna Bontemps" by Countee Cullen, in Caroling Dusk (1927), edited by Countee Cullen

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.

This author died in 1973, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 51 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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