Odyssey of a manuscript : Marshall, Tex., photocopied typescript, [after 1932] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Early version (18 p.) of an essay, written while Tolson was teaching at Wiley College in Marshall, Tex. (1924-1947), and first published in 1965 as Harlem Gallery. Concerns the rejection of his book of poems, A Gallery of Harlem Portraits (eventually published in 1979). Tolson describes his childhood and development as a poet and scholar, and enumerates those who failed to help him get his poem published