John Stephen Tidwell

Montage of a Dream: The Art and Life of Langston Hughes

Over a forty-six-year career, Langston Hughes experimented with black folk expressive culture, creating an enduring body of extraordinary imaginative and critical writing. Riding the crest of African American creative energy from the Harlem Renaissance to the onset of Black Power, he commanded an a...

After Winter: The Art and Life of Sterling A. Brown

John Edgar Tidwell and Steven C. Tracy have brought together for the first time a book-length collection of critical and theoretical writings about Sterling A. Brown that recovers and reasserts his continuing importance for a contemporary audience. Exploring new directions in the study of Brown's li...

Suna Una? Vol. 2: North Slope Iñupiaq Coastal Dialect

This is a children's book to help parents teach their children Iñupiaq. It has hints and translations to help parents use it in an interactive way even if they are still learning the language.

The Polar Bears of Barrow, Alaska: The U.S.'s Most Northern Community

John decided to begin photographing polar bears and some of his adventures so his grandchildren spread across the country could enjoy them. He also sells polar bear prints to Barrow residents and tourists who visit the U.S.'s most northern city of about 5,000 Eskimo and "tunnuq" (white) residents. ...

Black Moods: Collected Poems (American Poetry Recovery Series)

"Black Moods" collects for the first time all of Frank Marshall Davis's extant published poems as well as his known previously unpublished work. Cogently framed by John Edgar Tidwell's insightful introduction, this volume recovers the rich variety of Davis's poetic expression, much of it informed by...

Writings of Frank Marshall Davis: A Voice of the Black Press

Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) was a central figure in the black press, working as reporter and editor for the Atlanta World, the Associated Negro Press, the Chicago Star, and the Honolulu Record. Writings of Frank Marshall Davis presents a selection of Davis's nonfiction, providing an unprecedent...

Sterling A. Brown's A Negro Looks at the South

Using oral history and the printed word, Sterling A. Brown set out during the Second World War to capture the response of African Americans, primarily living in the South, to America's involvement in the war and how it affected them. These responses, brought together in extended, non-fiction essays ...

My Dear Boy: Carrie Hughes's Letters to Langston Hughes, 1926-1938

My Dear Boy brings a largely unexplored dimension of Langston Hughes to light. Carmaletta Williams and John Edgar Tidwell explain that scholars have neglected the vital role that correspondence between Carrie Hughes and her son Langston―Harlem Renaissance icon, renowned poet, playwright, fiction wri...

Sterling Brown's a Negro Looks at the South: Negro Looks at the South

Black Moods: Collected Poems

Black Moods: Collected Poems

Livin' the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet

Livin' the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet

We Are America