Gratefully,

THE BOARD OF EDITORS.

FIRE!

A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists

Premier Issue Edited by
Wallace Thurman
In Association With
Langston Hughes
Gwendolyn Bennett
Richard Bruce
Zora Neale Hurston
Aaron Douglas
John Davis

Table of Contents

Cover Designs Aaron Douglas
Foreword [1]
Drawing Richard Bruce [4]
Cordelia the Crude, A Harlem Sketch Wallace Thurman [5]
Color Struck, A Play in Four Scenes Zora Neale Hurston [7]
Flame from the Dark Tower A Section of Poetry [15]
Countee Cullen
Edward Silvera
Langston Hughes
Helene Johnson
Waring Cuney
Arna Bontemps
Lewis Alexander
Drawing Richard Bruce [24]
Wedding Day, A Story Gwendolyn Bennett [25]
Three Drawings Aaron Douglas [29]
Smoke, Lilies and Jade, A Novel, Part I Richard Bruce [33]
Sweat, A Story Zora Neale Hurston [40]
Intelligentsia, An Essay Arthur Huff Fauset [45]
Fire Burns, Editorial Comment Wallace Thurman [47]
Incidental Art Decorations Aaron Douglas

Volume One