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 (1893-1963) Photo Carl Van Vecten |
Larsen
was the first AA woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing
(1930). Larsen authored two novels. Her first, Quicksand was
published in 1928 and her second Passing was published in 1929. For the last thirty years of her life Lasen worked as a nurse in Brooklyn's Bethel Hospital. Personal Education Click here to order any of the titles below
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 Passing
Thadious Davis (Editor) A stunning novel about the cultural and emotional conflicts faced by two light-skinned African American women in the 1920s. One marries a white man and "passes." The other marries within her race but denies prejudice. First published in 1929, PASSING is a remarkably candid exploration of racism and of the morally ambiguous consequences of even the most carefully made decisions. |
  Quicksand:
And, Passing (American Women Writers Series)Deborah Mcdowell (Editor) Novels of the black middle class, written in the 1920s. "Quicksand and Passing are novels that I will never forget. They open up a whole world of experience that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable. They do that still"-- Alice Walker |
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