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SUMMARY:Horace Cayton: Black Renaissance Man and Raconteur
DESCRIPTION:Who was the real man behind the male protagonist of Lore Segal’s Her First American?\n  \n\n\nThis event is part of LBI’s programming series surrounding our exhibition And That’s True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal \nIn this talk\, writer Jeffery Allen will discuss the historical significance of Horace Cayton\, who became the romantic partner to Lore Segal soon after the end of World War II. Allen will position Cayton\, a well-known intellectual and political figure known for his quips and colorful personality\, within the larger framework of the Harlem Renaissance\, as a member of the generation termed the “New Negro” and as a part of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. Cayton served as the inspiration for Lore’s character of Carter Bayoux in her best-known novel\, Her First American. \nAbout the Speaker \n\n\nJeffery Renard Allen is the award-winning author of six books of fiction and poetry\, including the celebrated novel Song of the Shank\, which was a front-page review in both The New York Times Book Review and The San Francisco Chronicle. Allen’s other accolades include The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Fiction\, The Chicago Public Library’s Twenty-First Century Award\, the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence\, a grant from Creative Capital\, a Whiting Writers‘ Award\, a Guggenheim fellowship\, a NYFA grant\, residencies at the Bellagio Center\, Ucross\, The Hermitage\, VCCA\, Monson Arts\, and Jentel Arts\, and fellowships at The Center for Scholars and Writers\, the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies\, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He was a finalist for both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Allen is the founder and editor of Taint Taint Taint magazine and is the Africa Editor for The Evergreen Review. His latest books are the short story collection Fat Time and the memoir An Unspeakable Hope\, the latter co-authored with Leon Ford. Allen is at work on several projects\, including a memoir entitled Mother-Wit\, a book of poems called No Borders\, and the short story collection Try Me. Allen makes his home in Johannesburg and New York. Find out more about him at www.writerjefferyrenardallen.com. \nThursday\, 12. Feb. 2026\, 20:00–21:30 MEZ \nOnline\, admission is free\, get your
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