{"product_id":"harlem-stomp-a-cultural-history-of-the-harlem-renaissance-national-book-award-finalist-9780316496339","title":"Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance (National Book Award Finalist)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Black History month, celebrate the Harlem Renaissance! This National Book Award Finalist takes a breathtaking, in-depth look at the art, poetry, and fiction that came out of one of America's most culturally rich periods.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Determined to make a new start for themselves at the dawn of the twentieth century, many African Americans joined the Great Migration and headed North. For those who landed in Harlem, New York, it was a time of blossoming in art, literature, and politics. Influential African American artists and activists took center stage--and captured the attention of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lavishly designed and illustrated, with photographs, historical documents, and full-color paintings, this book is a time capsule of poetry, prose, and political rhetoric, introducing the amazing lives and work of notable figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Sargent Johnson, and Marcus Garvey \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaban Carrick Hill\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of more than thirty books, including the 2004 National Book Award Finalist \u003ci\u003eHarlem Stomp!\u003c\/i\u003e, which he researched for nearly a decade, and \u003ci\u003eAmerica Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e, which examines the legacy of the 1960s. He taught writing at Columbia University, Baruch College, St. Michael's College and Pine Manor College in Massachusetts. He was also the cofounder and codirector of the Writers Project of Ghana, based in the US and Ghana. He passed away in 2021. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acclaimed poet, essayist, and lecturer \u003cb\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e has many published collections of her poetry, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Feeling, Black Talk and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNot-Quite Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671347695890,"sku":"9780316496339","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dacb33de-7da7-4263-b8fc-f56e1584668e.jpg?v=1733799089","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/harlem-stomp-a-cultural-history-of-the-harlem-renaissance-national-book-award-finalist-9780316496339","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}