Harlem Stomp! (New Edition)
A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance
$46.22
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2021
Summary
The Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934) is one of the most fascinating periods of American cultural history. When it was first released in 2004, Harlem Stomp! was the first trade book to bring this important period alive for young adults.
Lavishly illustrated with a cover by Caldecott Honor winner Christopher Myers, with sepia tone photographs, reproductions of historical documents, and full-color paintings, this book features a powerful foreword written by award-winning poet Nikk…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316496339 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316496332 |
| Author: | Laban Carrick Hill |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 190mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“This energetic, elegantly designed volume documents the artistic, literary and musical surge of black culture in Harlem.”– Publishers Weekly , starred review
“The volume is a visual feast….Together, the words and images bring this extraordinary period to life.”–School Library Journal, starred review“This energetic, elegantly designed volume documents the artistic, literary and musical surge of black culture in Harlem.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review“With a beautiful open design, this illustrated history combines the politics of the black metropolis in the roaring 1920s with…. Detailed chapters on the ‘blazing creativity’ of performers, writers, visual artists, and intellectuals…. Wonderful for browsing.”–Booklist, starred review
About The Author
Laban Carrick Hill
Laban Carrick Hill is the author of more than thirty books, including the 2004 National Book Award Finalist Harlem Stomp!, a book he researched for nearly a decade, and America Dreaming, which examines the legacy of the 1960s. He has taught writing at Columbia University, Baruch College, and St. Michael’s College and is currently teaching at the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College in Massachusetts. He is also the cofounder and codirector of the Writers Project of Ghana, based in the US and Ghana.
Nikki Giovanni is an acclaimed poet, essayist, and lecturer who has many published collections of her poetry, including Black Feeling, Black Talk and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not-Quite Poems. Her honors include the NAACP Image Award for Literature in 1998, and the Langston Hughes award for Distinguished Contributions to Arts and Letters in 1996.
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