Modernism

Harriet Monroe

Jan 1, 1912

Harriet Monroe creates Poetry Magazine which was intregral to introducing the modernist poets.

T.S. Elliot

May 5, 1915

Early poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" appears in Harriet Monroe's Poetry

Robert Frost

Dec 20, 1916

"The Road not Taken" is published.

Ezra Pound

Jun 5, 1917

Ezra Pound's poem collection "The Cantos" is published in Poetry.

Claude McKay

Jul 5, 1919

Claude McKay writes "If We Must Die" during violence against African Americans in the summer.

Langston Hughes

Feb 8, 1926

Langston hughes publishes "Weary Blues" which shows life in Harlem during the 1920s

Ernest Hemingway

Aug 27, 1926

Ernest Hemimngway publishes his first novel "The Sun Also Rises"

Katherine Anne Porter

May 5, 1930

Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" is published

Gertrude Stein

Sep 21, 1934

Gertrude Stein publishes "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas".

Dorothy Wes

Sep 29, 1934

Dorothy West creates "Challenge" a literary magazine for African-Americans.

Dorothy Parker

Apr 24, 1936

Dorothy Parker publishes her collected poems, "Not So Deep as a Well".