Bücher von Charles Scruggs

The Sage in Harlem demonstrates how Mencken, through the example of his own work, his power as editor of the American Mercury, and his dedication to literary quality, was able to nurture the developing talents of black authors from James Weldon Johnson to Richard Wright.

He explores the ways in which their writing presents "alternative spacesthat exist alongside of, and often counter to, the visible configurations of the dominant culture.