Lifelong Contributions to African American Literature

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Lifelong Contribution to African American Literature by James A. Emanuel Pioneer Essays Urging the U.S.A. to Discover Black Literature • ‘A Glance at Negro Authors,’ The Ticker, annual literary supplement, Baruch School, The City College, CUNY, No. 10 (January 4, 1961) • ‘The Invisible Man of American Literature,’ Books Abroad, XXXVII, No. 4 (Autumn 1963), 371–374 Pioneer Courses and Scholarly Publications • Pioneer Course in Black Poetry, City University of New York: Argued for and taught at The City College of New York, 1966–67 • First Book on the Works of Langston Hughes: Langston Hughes, Twayne’s United States Authors Series, 123 (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967) • Translator: Jacques Éluard's Nombreux Horizons, B85 (Paris: Les Éditions Internationales, 1970). Purpose, according to the Preface: ‘to encourage acceptance of the challenge that has long outraced the academy: full exploration of Negro writers.’ • First Courses in African American Literature Taught in Europe: - University of Grenoble, France, 1968–69 (Fulbright Invitation) - University of Toulouse, France, 1971–72, 1979–81 (Maître de Conférences) - University of Warsaw, Poland, 1975–76 (Senior Fulbright Professor) Anthologies and Institutional Advocacy • Pioneer Academic Anthology: Dark Symphony: Negro Literature in America, ed. with Theodore L. Gross (New York: Dutton, 1971) • Helped mandate required Black literature courses across New York State (1970) • Taught pioneering course to prepare white teachers to teach African American literature (Briarcliff College, 1969–70) • Pioneer Course in Black Fiction, The City College of New York, 1970–71 Editorial Work and Literary Innovation • General Editor: Broadside Critics Series (1971–75), featuring critics like Houston A. Baker, Bernard W. Bell, Addison Gayle, Haki R. Madhubuti, and William B. Robinson Poetic Form and Performance • Innovated practice of dating poems by composition and publication in The Broken Bowl (1983) and Whole Grain: Collected Poems, 1958–1989 (1991) • Created the ‘jazz-and-blues haiku’ genre in 1992, read at the Sorbonne in 1993, and performed with Chemmame Evanna in Paris (1995–96) Global Engagement and Teaching • Delivered lectures and readings for U.S. embassy-sponsored organizations across Europe and beyond • Taught American and comparative literature for decades: - The City University of New York: 1957–1984 - France: 13 years - Poland: 1 year

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