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Book Discussion with Samantha: Harlem Rhapsody
Wed, Apr 02
|Mather Homestead Barn
From the author of the Personal Librarian (discussed in 2022) comes "a page turner and history lesson at once." Victoria Christopher Murray's book, to be released on February 4, is gripping narrative about the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance, Jessie Redmon Fauset.
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Time & Location
Apr 02, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Mather Homestead Barn, 19 Stephen Mather Rd, Darien, CT 06820, USA
About the event
Jessie Redmon Fauset was the first Black woman to helm the Black literary powerhouse The Crisis, and was also founder W. E. B. Du Bois’ lover. She’s responsible for launching names like Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and others, even as her success (and theirs) comes at a cost.
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