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Cullen’s intricate, deceptively simple lyrics shocked some early readers with their frank ex­plorations of racial, sexual, and religious themes. They have since become touchstones of the Afri­can American poetic tradition.   The collection follows the evolution of Cul­len’s prodigious talents through Copper Sun (1927), The Ballad of the Brown Girl (1927), The Black Christ \u0026amp; Other Poems (1929), and The Medea and Some Poems (1935)—reprinted for the first time with the illustrations from the original editions. Also in­cluded are playful verses from his children’s book The Lost Zoo (1940); haunting late poems he in­tended to add to On These I Stand (1947) before his death; and dozens of uncollected poems, some never before published, which reveal an intense engagement with the politics of civil rights. 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