{"product_id":"passing-hardcover-5","title":"Passing - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNella Larsen was an important writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance. While she was not prolific her work was powerful and critically acclaimed.\u003c\/strong\u003ePassing confronts the reality of racial passing. The novel focuses on two childhood friends Clare and Irene, both of whom are light skinned enough to pass as white, who have reconnected with one another after many years apart. Clare has chosen to pass while Irene has embraced her racial heritage and become an important member of her community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNella Larsen\u003c\/b\u003e was born Nellie Walker in 1891 in Chicago. Her mother was a Danish immigrant and her father an immigrant from the Danish West Indies. Larsen attended school in all white environments in Chicago until she moved to Nashville to attend high school. Larsen later practiced nursing, and from 1922 to 1926, served as a librarian at the New York Public Library. After resigning from this position, Larsen began her literary career by writing her first novel, \u003ci\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), which won her the Harmon Foundation's bronze medal. After the publication of her second novel, \u003ci\u003ePassing\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), Larsen was awarded the first Guggenheim Fellowship given to an African American woman, establishing her as a premier novelist of the Harlem Renaissance. Nella Larsen died in New York in 1964. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDarryl Pinckney\u003c\/b\u003e, a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eBlack Deutschland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHigh Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e, and two works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eBlackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOut There: Mavericks of Black Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also collaborated with Robert Wilson on theater projects, most recently an adaption of Daniil Kharm's \u003ci\u003eThe Old Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaggie\/Malachi Lily\u003c\/b\u003e is a shapeshifting, black, nonbinary artist and moth from Philadelphia, PA. Seeking to combat our present day cravings for instant gratification and toxic individualism, they create works of art, literature, and programming that resonate spiritual light. They hope their work causes you to want to curl up in the sun and ponder, ideally with a cat.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Passing\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42716311781439,"sku":"9781515432418","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d380d5e98647976dff0d7c5676bdd4a9.webp?v=1765074474","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/passing-hardcover-5","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}