Ethelene Whitmire
@ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social
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Biographer, curator, professor
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Ethelene Whitmire
Tamara J. Walker
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"When Helga Crane, the main character in Nella Larsen’s novel “Quicksand,” walked through the streets of Copenhagen, people were amazed." So begins this beautifully immersive piece by
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Looking for the Restless Soul of Nella Larsen in Copenhagen (Gift Article)
The celebrated Harlem Renaissance author was inspired by her experiences as a mixed-race teenager and young adult in the Danish capital, a time that informed her 1928 novel, “Quicksand.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/travel/nella-larsen-harlem-renaissance-copenhagen.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wk4.6BSk.SJ7LTVMqPL__&smid=url-share
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reposted by
Ethelene Whitmire
Tamara J. Walker
about 1 year ago
Copenhagen is also the setting for many of the works featured in the
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exhibition "Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century," which
@ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social
co-curated (w/Leslie Anderson).
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/...
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NORDIC UTOPIA? AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
An exhibition exploring experiences of Black American visual and performing artists in the Nordic countries opens November 2024.
https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/nordic-utopia-african-americans-in-the-20th-century/
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My latest travel essay based upon my research about Black Americans in 20th Century Denmark.
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Looking for the Restless Soul of Nella Larsen in Copenhagen (Gift Article)
The celebrated Harlem Renaissance author was inspired by her experiences as a mixed-race teenager and young adult in the Danish capital, a time that informed her 1928 novel, “Quicksand.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/travel/nella-larsen-harlem-renaissance-copenhagen.html?unlocked_article_code=1.i04.OsQz.z3faCIK_Arx0&smid=url-share
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