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SPIDER BOY−Carl Van Vechten−Knopf...
...morning smells of Harlem-tied together by an urban Negro's unmistakable contempt for all things white. Many Caucasians will call it a lewd, crude book. It is certainly lacking in inhibitions. That is why it is more convincing, and hence a more significant work, than Carl Van Vechten's Nigger Heaven. "Liquor-rich laughter, banana-ripe laughter," says Jake. That, plus sad rolling eyes, is Harlem...
...saying until he was nearly done. None thought to take his words down verbatim, yet as he finished they realized that he had pronounced a judgment as scornful as it was scathing upon a white man who is popularly supposed to be loved by Negroes- Author Carl Van Vechten of Nigger Heaven, long a cat-fancier but lately a collector as well of Negro art, a patron of Negro poets, a frequenter of Harlem cabarets and apartments...
...Lyles came right out and warned Miss Mills that Mr. Van Vechten's interest in Negroes would do her no good; warned her to steer clear of him and turn a deaf ear to his flattery. Mr. Van Vechten, said Mr. Lyles, had only brought shame upon Negroes by taking an "esthetic" interest in their art. Mr. Van Vechten's real purpose, said Mr. Lyles, was to encourage and exaggerate Negro vulgarity and thus, subtly, pander to the "white supremacy" notion of Nordics. Let Florence Mills beware of Carl Van Vechten lest she, pride of "Race People," lose...
Died. Ralph Van Vechten, 65, banker, brother of Carl Van Vechten, famed author (The Blind Bow-Boy, The Tattooed Countess, Nigger Heaven) ; in Chicago...