Trymaine Lee: On March 21st, 1924, a Friday night at New York City's elite Civic Club in Greenwich Village, more than 100 people came together for one of the greatest gatherings of literary minds ever ...
“‘Harlem Rhapsody’ is my love letter to the extraordinary Jessie Redmon Fauset,” the author says of her forthcoming book and its protagonist Bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray is taking ...
This week, let’s talk about a Philadelphian who was instrumental in the Harlem Renaissance — but has been left on the margins of its history. We start with a headline from The Philadelphia Tribune on ...
PIEN HUANG, BYLINE: A new book is a reader's delight for the who's who it features in its pages. "Harlem Rhapsody" is a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and ...
New York Times best selling author Victoria Christopher Murray didn't find the subject of her latest book, Jessie Redmon Fauset. Instead, the author insists, Fauset, one of the leading poets and ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Staged at the Christ Church Neighborhood House on 20 N American St, Philadelphia, ...
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of novels, poems and memoirs by writers connected to the ...
Women’s History Month is almost at a close, but there's still time to add empowering reads to your TBR before March is over. Stories of unsung female heroes are having a moment, like Kristin Hannah’s ...
NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and possibility in the 1920s. PIEN HUANG, ...