Nella Larsen

Nella Larsen (April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was an African-American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote was of extraordinary quality, earning her recognition by her contemporaries and by present day critics.

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• Another passing narrative of the late 1920s is Jessie Redmon Fauset's Plum Bun.
• A recent example is Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain (2000).