A long way from home

"A Long Way From Home" by Claude McKay is a story about a Jamaican poet's journey in America, where he seeks fame while facing tough challenges about who he is. The story begins with the poet feeling hopeful after getting a letter from an editor who likes his poems, right before he's supposed to go back to New York. But then, he gets arrested in Pittsburgh, and he meets a judge who knows he's talented. This event kicks off a bigger look into the poet's struggle to balance what he wants for himself with what society expects from him, highlighting the difficulties of being a Black artist in America in the early 1900s.