Waverley Turner Carmichael
Waverley Turner Carmichael (1881 - 1936) was an
First World War he served with 92nd Infantry Division of the United States Army in France. After the war he worked as a clerk with the United States Postal Service in Boston
.
A collection of his poetry was published as From the heart of a folk in 1918. His works are included in several anthologies of African-American verse. His verses were written in "Negro dialect".[1]
William James Edwards identifies him as an alumnus of Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute
in his memoir Twenty-Five Years in the Black Belt.
A critic compared the young poet unfavorably to the level of refinement in Paul Laurence Dunbar's work.[2]
He studied with James Holly Hanford who wrote an introduction to Carmichael's book of verse.
Bibliography
- From The Heart Of A Folk: A Book Of Songs: by Waverley Turner Carmichael, Cornhill Press (1918)
References
- ^ "The Bookman: A Literary Journal". Dodd, Mead and Company. January 28, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780195076448– via Google Books.
Further reading
- Wagner, Jean, Black Poets of the United States by Jean Wagner
- Twenty Five Years in the Black Belt by William James Edwards
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