num_pages: 770
description: From its beginnings in 1919, with soldiers returning from the Great War, to its sputtering end in 1934, with the Great Depression, the New Negro Movement in arts and letters proclaimed the experience of African American men and women. This magnificent volume features a wealth of fiction and nonfiction works by 45 writers from that exuberant era.
language: English
title: The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader
titlecomplete: The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader
genres: Classics, American, Anthologies, Fiction, Short Stories, African American, 20th Century, Literature, Poetry, African American Literature
ratings_count: 411
publisher: Penguin Books