Talk:Claude McKay

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If We Must Die[edit]

This poem was published in 1919, but the section on McKay's visit to the USSR in 1922-1923 claims that it was inspired by that visit. The latter claim must be incorrect. 69.243.62.70 (talk) 20:39, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Info on the FBI files held on McKay, declassified 2015[edit]

Solid info here on newly declassified FBI files, showing the long term, in depth monitoring of McKay. Re William Maxwell's new book. Also discusses 'aggressive' surveillance of writers like Langston Hughes and James Baldwin. 81.152.138.90 (talk) 20:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I love smoky (talk) 02:42, 12 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Sexuality[edit]

This section is hard to follow and needs to be rewritten (assuming that we care about it). The second paragraph of the section is unreadable - or at least what it refers to is unclear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.95.174.225 (talk) 22:40, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dates of composition[edit]

The dates of composition for certain texts, such as Romance in Marseille e.g., may be confusing or contradict what is on other pages. Perhaps we can either delete such dates or add context.

For example, Romance was composed as early as 1929 but with a different title (a fact reflected on the Romance in Marseille wiki page). But in this article, it says "(around 1933)". It's not wrong, necessarily, but slightly misleading.

I'm curious what other editors think, though; it may be too trivial of an edit to revise the entire page. On the other hand, 1929 is the year of the market crash, e.g., and part of McKay's writing career was arguably shaped by his financial situation. --SebastianWilliams1651 (talk) 19:19, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]