Every now and then, a city, a town or region will experience an explosion of creativity in literature, music and the arts. One such explosion occurred in Harlem between the two World Wars. It left our nation culturally richer. Some books about The Harlem Renaissance and some by the authors of The Harlem Renaissance are the following:
- “Not Without Laughter” by Langston Hughes, DBC15013
- “Quicksand” and “Passing” by Nella Larsen, DB040702
- “The Richer, The Poorer: Stories, Sketches and Reminiscences” by Dorothy West, DB042997
- “A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of an American Community” by Lionel C. Bascom, DB056684
- “Harlem Stomp! A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance” by Laban Carrick Hill, DB059615
- “Artists and Writers of the Harlem Renaissance” by Wendy Hart Beckman, DB064172
- “Harlem Renaissance: Five Novels of the 1920s” By Rafia Zafar, DB091367
- “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, DB100477
- “Romance in Marseilles” by Claude McKay, DB101545
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