EAN: 9780593954140

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

“A gripping narrative don't miss this historical fiction about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance.”— People Magazine “A page turner and history lesson at once Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our generational wealth.”—Tayari Jones New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club Pick) She found the literary voices that would inspire the world…. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance written by Victoria Christopher Murray New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian . In 1919 a high school teacher from Washington D.C arrives in Harlem excited to realize her lifelong dream. Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of The Crisi s. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she holds a secret that jeopardizes it all. W. E. B. Du Bois the founder of The Crisis is not only Jessie’s boss he’s her lover. And neither his wife nor their fourteen-year-age difference can keep the two apart. Amidst rumors of their tumultuous affair Jessie is determined to prove herself. She attacks the challenge of discovering young writers with fervor finding sixteen-year-old Countee Cullen seventeen-year-old Langston Hughes and Nella Larsen who becomes one of her best friends. Under Jessie’s leadership The Crisis thrives…every African American writer in the country wants their work published there. When her first novel is released to great acclaim it’s clear that Jessie is at the heart of a renaissance in Black music theater and the arts. She has shaped a generation of literary legends but as she strives to preserve her legacy she’ll discover the high cost of her unparalleled success.

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