Make Way for Happiness
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, (1932).
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Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 133pp. Green cloth titled and decorated in gilt. Light wear at the extremities of the boards, a sound and very good copy. Inscribed by the author: "For Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Manigault with cordial good wishes, James Alpheus Butler Dec. 8, 1934." Uncommon volume of verse written by the Miami, Florida-born African-American poet who was associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Butler was on a fellowship at Fisk University when this book was published. Some of the poems had previously been published in *Opportunity* and *The Crisis* as well as many other periodicals.
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