Murray's novel celebrates the legacy of Jessie Redmon Fauset — the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance during her tenure as the first Black female editor at The Crisis magazine.

As literary editor of the NAACP’s magazine, the Crisis, Jessie Redmon Fauset was pivotal in championing the poets and authors of the Harlem Renaissance, nurturing the works of writers whose ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What’s it’s about: This novel follows Jessie Redmon Fauset, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C., who arrives in Harlem as she becomes the first Black woman named literary editor of The ...

This novel explores the life of the “midwife” of the Harlem Renaissance, Jessie Redmon Fauset, literary editor of the NAAACP’s The Crisis magazine and mentor to writers like Countee Cullen ...

In today's episode, Murray speaks with NPR's Pien Huang about the historical impact of Fauset's romantic relationship with W.E.B. Du Bois and Murray's decision to include the affair in the book.

Here she writes alone to fictionalize Jessie Redmon Fauset. Jessie comes to Harlem in 1919, hired by W. E. B. DuBois to be the literary editor of his magazine “The Crisis.” In this role, she finds new ...

When Victoria Christopher Murray learned about the woman she would dedicate the next phase of her career to, she had one question: “Why haven’t I heard of her before?” Murray, an author, had been ...

The latest work from Victoria Christopher Murray tells the story of Jessie Redmon Fauset, a young teacher from Washington, D.C., who comes to New York City for an exciting opportunity as literary ...

It follows Jessie Redmon Fauset, a high school teacher from Washington D.C. who arrives in Harlem as she becomes the first Black woman named literary editor of “The Crisis" magazine.