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In 'Harlem,' New Faces Occupy An Old Neighborhood
February 16, 2011 In Harlem Is Nowhere, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts brings a dynamic new lens to the much-written-about New York neighborhood. Commentator Ralph Eubanks says the book's particular charm is in the urge it gives the reader to revisit the old Harlem classics.
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Dreams And Reality Forever Intertwined In 'Harlem'
January 31, 2011 Harlem has served as an incubator both for African-American optimism, and for ongoing racial conflict. In her first book, Harlem Is Nowhere, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts writes of a Harlem where legacies of triumph and misfortune in America still duel. The reality, she finds, is somewhere in between.
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Revisiting The Renaissance In 'Harlem Is Nowhere'
January 25, 2011 Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts' memoir of essays explores Harlem's current gentrifying transformation in relation to the Harlem Renaissance as chronicled by James Baldwin, Jean Toomer and other literary greats.
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A Portrait Of The Cartoonist And Her Mother
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel has a new memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.
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A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
