{"product_id":"harlem-rhapsody","title":"Harlem Rhapsody","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003eVictoria Christopher Murray\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e(Author)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1919, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C arrives in Harlem excited to realize her lifelong dream. Jessie Redmon Fauset has been named the literary editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Crisi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es. The first Black woman to hold this position at a preeminent Negro magazine, Jessie is poised to achieve literary greatness. But she holds a secret that jeopardizes it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois, the founder of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is not only Jessie’s boss, he’s her lover. And neither his wife, nor their fourteen-year-age difference can keep the two apart. Amidst rumors of their tumultuous affair, Jessie is determined to prove herself. She attacks the challenge of discovering young writers with fervor, finding sixteen-year-old Countee Cullen, seventeen-year-old Langston Hughes, and Nella Larsen, who becomes one of her best friends. Under Jessie’s leadership, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e thrives…every African American writer in the country wants their work published there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-width=\"\" class=\"author notFaded\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contribution\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-color-secondary\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/em\u003e 400 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MUSEUM SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45504466878603,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0279\/2259\/5979\/files\/harlem.jpg?v=1771008822","url":"https:\/\/shop.nmwa.org\/products\/harlem-rhapsody","provider":"NMWA Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}