Detroit: Broadside Press, (1972). First edition - An interesting look at the pivotal role of McKay as a Black poet who moved away from the earlier tradition of poems written in dialect or influenced by Western classical literature. In his introduction, Gayle notes that not only did the Jamaican-born McKay bring a "race spirit and a race soul" but he also brought a "sensitivity sharpened by experiences of other lands and peoples" as well as a sense of immediacy and urgency. A title in the Broadside Critics Series. Footnotes, bibliography. 46 pp. ISBN: 0-910296766.