Eric Walrond (1898-1966), a significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance and New Negro Movement, is a seminal writer of Black diasporic life, but much of his work is not readily available. This new anthology brings together a broad sampling of Walrond's writings, including not only selections from his celebrated Tropic Death (1926) but also other stories, essays, and reviews. Born in British Guiana in 1898 and raised in Barbados and Panama, Walrond arrived in the U.S. in 1918…
Author: Eric Walrond; Louis J. Parascandola (ed.) · Original publisher: Wayne State University Press (1998)
Tier 3 — Partial text + link. Public domain IN PART (public-domain-register.md, Pass 2): *Tropic Death* (1926) and Walrond's 1920s stories and essays are public domain, and those original works are what may be hosted; the 1998 volume's editorial apparatus and at least one included piece (his review of Richard Wright's 1941 *Twelve Million Black Voices*) are NOT public domain and are never hosted. Full text of *Tropic Death* is freely available at the Illinois Open Publishing Network (per the entry's public-domain note).
