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A Heart In Many Directions - Claude McKay
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Meet Claude McKay (1889–1948), the Harlem Renaissance poet whose brilliance, rebellion, and contradictions still echo through Black, queer, and literary history in 2026. Known for his fierce critiques of racism and empire, McKay also lived a life shaped by desires and identities that society had no safe language for yet.
This episode explores the tension between visibility and survival: how a…