{"product_id":"the-blacker-the-berry-a-novel-of-negro-life-9781513138602","title":"The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A Black boy could get along but a Black girl would never know anything but sorrow and disappointment.\" Mirroring Nella Larsen's \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the fantastic debut of Wallace Thurman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma Lou was born black. Abandoned by her father at birth, she is subject to skin bleaching by her mother who hopes to make the child more desirable. Learning that she is unwanted in white society but also ostracized within her own, Emma Lou navigates a harsh and unrelenting world as she tries to come to terms with her life and love herself in the skin she's in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a reimaging of a Harlem Renaissance staple for the modern reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThurman, Wallace:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Thurman\u003c\/b\u003e (1902 - 1934) was a Black novelist and figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Salt Lake City, Thurman was a lifelong reader and writer who completed his first novel at ten and read the likes of Shakespeare, Havelock Ellis, and Charles Baudeliare. Moving to Harlem at the height of the Renaissance, Thurman had his hand in multiple literary productions such as \u003ci\u003eThe Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFire!!!\u003c\/i\u003e. A strong critic of the New Negro movement, Thurman found himself a part of the \"Niggerati\"--a group of Black artists and intellectuals who wanted to use their art to showcase African-American life as it authentically was whether good or bad--firmly against appealing to the Black middle class or the white gaze. Becoming one of the first Black readers at a major New York publishing house and experiencing prejudice on both sides of the color line, he felt moved to write \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life\u003c\/i\u003e and three years later, \u003ci\u003eInfants of Spring\u003c\/i\u003e. Said by Langston Hughes to be, \"...a strangely brilliant black boy, who had read everything and whose critical mind could find something wrong with everything he read,\" Thurman was a complex and important voice in the Harlem Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Mint Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727159660818,"sku":"9781513138602","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb026963-79c4-4727-ab5f-e96a701ca745.jpg?v=1748601458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-blacker-the-berry-a-novel-of-negro-life-9781513138602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}