Henry Dumas
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Henry Dumas (July 20, 1934 – May 23, 1968) was an African American writer and poet.
Born in Sweet Home, Arkansas, he was influenced by jazz, studying with Sun Ra during the mid-1960s, and in turn influenced jazz musicians. For example, his poem Black Paladins became the title track for a recording by Joseph Jarman and Famoudou Don Moye.
His first collection of short stories was Ark of Bones and Other Stories (1974), posthumously edited by his friend, poet Eugene Redmond.
He was shot and killed, at the age of 33, by a New York City Transit Authority police officer at 125th Street Station, in a case of "mistaken identity on May 23, 1968."
His short story Will the Circle Be Unbroken? was included in the Dark Matter (series) Reading The Bones anthology edited by Sheree Thomas
[edit] External links
- Modern American Poetry material
- Poets.org - The Academy of American Poets
- Henry Dumas, Poet and Seer
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