Sing, Laugh, Weep: A Book of Poems
Item
Title
Sing, Laugh, Weep: A Book of Poems
This edition
"Sing, Laugh, Weep: A Book of Poems" . By St. Louis Scribes. Illus. Theopulus Williams. St Louis: Press Pub. Co., 1944. 126 pp.
Table of contents
• "The poets include Lorenzo D. Blanton, Frederick W. Bond, Laura Howard, Alice E. McGee, Arthur W. Reason, and Ezra W. Turner" (from Worthpoint.com https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/sing-laugh-weep-by-scribes-black-poets-1944-rare )
About the anthology
• Described as an "Anthology of poems by Negroes" in annual bibliography of publications in "Journal of Negro Education" 14.1 (1945): 85. "JSTOR".
• "An uncommon collection of poems by a variety of African American St. Louis residents. Each poet's selection is preceded by a short biographical sketch. The illustrations by Theophilus Williams are worth noting and fit the era in which this book appeared; see 'Mr. Charlie and Sam,' or 'Nazism'" (from Invaluable.com http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/literature-and-poetry.-edmunds,-alta,-editor.-s-369-c-c554e749a4 auction website).
• The copy sold in this auction was inscribed by one of the poets "To my soror Henrietta Pelray from Alice E. McGee" (from Invaluable.com http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/literature-and-poetry.-edmunds,-alta,-editor.-s-369-c-c554e749a4 auction website).
Reviews and notices of anthology
• "The Crisis" (Jan. 1945): 26-27 [Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=zloEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA27&ots=Er0uBcVOrT&dq=%22sing%2C%20laugh%2C%20weep%22&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false ]: In the "Brief Mention" section, the reviewer dismisses the volume with the comment, "What the Scribes have produced in "Sing, Laugh, Weep" is neither poetry nor humor. It is mere twaddle" (27).
Cited in
• [not in Kinnamon 1997]
Item Number
A0044