Novelists

2. ● 1891-1964
● Nurse/Librarian
● Passing
● Quicksand
● In this novel, Helga feels rejection of both
her parents and this sense of rejection and
alienation follows her. She moves away to
teach and Larsen explores the realities of
social and racial forces.
● Larsen wasn’t recognized or praised much
for her writings until years after her death.

3. ● 1897-1934
● The Walls of Jericho
● City of Refuge
● The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery
Tale of Dark Harlem –The first
detective novel written by an American
Black Author.
● Musician, Radiologist
● He was influenced by his culture and
the “Black Community”

4. ● 1902-1967
● Voted most popular Harlem
Renaissance figure
● Simple Take's a Wife
● The Ways of White Folks
● Not Without Laughter- First novel by
Hughes. He wrote of the realities of life
and integrates a bit of Southern culture
and the blues.

5. ● 1871-1929
● First black librarian in U.S.
● The Exile
● The Sheriff's Children
● When Washington Was in Vogue-
an important contribution to the
Harlem Renaissance.

6. ● 1902-1973
● God Sends Sunday
● Drums at Dusk
● Close friends to Langston
Hughes.
● Had a teaching position in
Harlem.
● Wrote stories involving his
race.

7. ● Jamaican-American
● 1889-1948
● Home to Harlem
● Harlem Shadows
● McKay’s writings were
consistent with his disdain
for racism.
● He did not seek to hide his
bitterness.

8. ● 1891-1960
● Their Eyes Were Watching God
● Dust Tracks on a Road
● She uses elements of mythic
realism, drawing from her study of
black folk tradition in the South.

9.  http://www.history.com/topics/harlem-
renaissance/videos#the-harlem-renaissance-an-
artistic-explosion