Sterling's Magic - Sterling Brown

Black Issues Book Review, May, 2001 by Houston A. Jr. Baker

Houston A. Baker, Jr. is the Susan Fox and George D. Beischer Professor of English at Duke University. He has also recently been named Editor of American Literature the oldest and most prestigious journal in American Literary Studies. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, he earned his B.A. (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from Howard University and his M.A.

and Ph.D. degrees from UCLA. He has published or edited more then twenty books. His most recent books include Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance and Black Studies, Rap and the Academy. He also has a forthcoming poetry volume, Passing Over. President of the Modern Language Association of America in 1992, Baker has also held Guggenheim, John Hay Whitney, and Rockefeller Fellowships. Join Mr. Baker on a journey into the heart and soul of poet Sterling Borwn in our Tribute section on page 32.