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Russell Atkins

Born

in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

February 25, 1926

Died

August 15, 2024

Genre

Poetry, Plays

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Russell Atkins is a musician, playwright, and poet from Cleveland, Ohio, known primarily for his contributions to American avant garde poetry. Trained as a musician and visual artist, Atkins studied at Cleveland College, Cleveland Music School Settlement, Cleveland Institute of Music, Karamu House, and Cleveland School of Art.

His plays The Abortionist and The Corpse debuted in 1954. Following this, he founded Free Lance, A Magazine of Poetry and Prose in 1950 with his friend, Adelaide Simon, with the first issue containing an introduction by Langston Hughes. It attracted writers from all over the world, leading the now-defunct Black World to call it "the only Black literary magazine of national importance in existence." In 1959 Free Lance P ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 100 ratings · 17 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	World’d Too Much: The Selected Poetry of Russell Atkins by Russell Atkins, Kevin Prufer (Editor), Robert E. McDonough (Editor) 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here in the (Cleveland poets series) 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heretofore 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Russell Atkins: On the Life & Work of an American Master by Russell Atkins, Michael Dumanis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kevin Prufer (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Podium Presentation 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1951	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Objects 2 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Objects liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spyrytual 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Of Depression

I have to, in oft'd, shy away,
cranny'd in withdrawl'd blear
not glisten on a beach's boast'd nude.
I crave hovel'd aside where much
of 15 watts for lit alofts,
not a window agape with glare
or theatred by shameless'd.
but rather of shut drawn drab by shades
or shutters's thatched. No, no,
no outstands of shape, just backdrop
never as of sprawl'd abundant
but out of sight like underseas'd
mystery'd by fish in sustain'd
thithering even affright'd
here then there
hid away'd.”
― Russell Atkins, World’d Too Much: The Selected Poetry of Russell Atkins

tags: depression, jazz, poetry

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