Songs of Jamaica Theatre Communications Group Upon its initial release

Upon its initial release

From British high society to the South of France

I know that I am a gay man

and how hard it is to remain soft when you're a ceaseless target of straight men's secret lust and open disgust

Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles

Songs of Jamaica Theatre Communications Group Upon its initial releaseSongs of Jamaica (1912) is a poetry collection by Claude McKay. Published before the poet left Jamaica for the United States, Songs of Jamaica is a pioneering collection of verse written in Jamaican Patois, the first of its kind. As a committed leftist, McKay was a keen observer of the Black experience in the Caribbean, the American South, and later in New York, where he gained a reputation during the Harlem Renaissance for celebrating the resilience