Tag: Riché Richardson

  • Nella Larsen’s novels Quicksand and Passing, published at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, fell out of print and were thus little known for many years. Now widely available and taught, Quicksand and Passing challenge conventional “tragic mulatta” and “passing” narratives. In part 1, “Materials,” of Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Nella Larsen, the…

  • The Trouble with Post-Blackness Columbia University Press February 2015 288 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780231169356 Hardcover ISBN: 9780231169349 E-book ISBN: 9780231538503 Edited by: Houston A. Baker, Distinguished University Professor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee K. Merinda Simmons, Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of Alabama An America in which the color of one’s skin no longer matters…