Synopses & Reviews
Harlem Speaks showcases the lives and works of the artists, writers and intellectuals behind the stunning outburst of African American culture in the three decades after World War I. In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Poetry Speaks, the book combines each subject's key works with biographical and critical essays by leading Harlem Renaissance authority Cary Wintz and other experts. The integrated audio CDs feature music, poetry and literary readings, interviews, radio broadcasts, discussions and speeches, bringing the Harlem of legend to vibrant life once again.
Hear, see and read the best of:
Langston Hughes
Claude McKay
Zora Neale Hurston
Richard Wright
Duke Ellington
Ethel Waters
Josephine Baker
Marcus Garvey
Alain Locke
and more
The audio also includes never-before-released interviews conducted by Pulitzer Prizewinning author David Levering Lewis. Evocative and encompassing, Harlem Speaks places you at the zenith of this vital cultural movement.
Synopsis
During the three decades that followed World War I, a stunning outburst of African American culture exploded in America and was eventually labeled the Harlem Renaissance. Essays written by experts in their individual fields examine the life and careers of the writers and poets, critics and political leaders, artists, performers and musicians of that time. Each essay will focus on the relationship of the subject to the Harlem Renaissance and to the development and expression of African American culture. < p=""> < p=""> The text is integrated with two full-length CDs featuring music, poetry and literary readings, poems translated into song, interviews, radio broadcasts, discussions and speeches. Among the seminal figures covered are: < p=""> --Langston Hughes< p=""> --Zora Neale Hurston< p=""> --Countee Cullen< p=""> --Wallace Thurman< p=""> --Richard Wright< p=""> --Bessie Smith< p=""> --Paul Robeson< p=""> --Louis Armstrong< p=""> --Josephine Baker< p=""> --Duke Ellington< p=""> --W.E.B. Du Bois< p=""> --Marcus Garvey
Synopsis
During the three decades that followed World War I, a stunning outburst of African American culture exploded in America and was eventually labeled the Harlem Renaissance. Essays written by experts in their individual fields examine the life and careers of the writers and poets, critics and political leaders, artists, performers and musicians of that time. Each essay will focus on the relationship of the subject to the Harlem Renaissance and to the development and expression of African American culture.
The text is integrated with two full-length CDs featuring music, poetry and literary readings, poems translated into song, interviews, radio broadcasts, discussions and speeches. Among the seminal figures covered are:
--Langston Hughes
--Zora Neale Hurston
--Countee Cullen
--Wallace Thurman
--Richard Wright
--Bessie Smith
--Paul Robeson
--Louis Armstrong
--Josephine Baker
--Duke Ellington
--W.E.B. Du Bois
--Marcus Garvey