pickUNPUTDOWNABLE histfic read that takes you back to the heart of the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the life & legacy of Jessie Redmon Fauset—a literary powerhouse often overshadowed by the very writers she helped shape. She played a pivotal role in discovering and promoting legendary voices like Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Nella Larsen.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #historicalfiction #HarlemRenaissance #harlemrhapsody
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This is a beautiful read in how it shows a complicated dynamics between race and personal identity. All the way through I could see something dreadful was ahead, and then it happened and I had to pause, recollect myself before carrying on.
so-soHarlem by Walter Dean Myers, 1998. Caldecott Honor Book. Harlem is a story about black people moving to a new city in hopes of a better life. This book uses complex vocabulary and detailed descriptions of the setting such as the noises and colors of the city. There are strong depictions of culture and life during that time.
Reading the Selected Poems of Claude McKay (found on Everand). Some of them are surprisingly uncodedly #gay for 1912.
And I made some Jamaican cornmeal porridge from here: https://www.jamaican-recipes.com/jamaicanporridge.html #FoodandLit #Jamaica It's flavoured with cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. I poured coconut milk over it.
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so-soProbably best to take this as personal opinion rather
than objective qualitative review. Mostly because
me and poetry are frequently at odds! There were a
double-fistful of poems I enjoyed, there were many
more that spoke to important issues. There were a
quite a number that discussed blues and jazz and a
couple sections that were written to evoke music or
actual song lyrics! 1/?
