Beyond the Shelves: Book Club #1, 'Harlem Rhapsody', and Other Fun News

The Beyond the Shelves first ever Book Club episode is live! This month, Jes and Sarah both read Harlem Rhapsody, by Victoria Christopher Murray. They discuss the historical fiction novel about Jessie Redman Fauset, a real life figure dubbed "midwife of the Harlem Renaissance," and her relationship with W.E.B. Du Bois. This podcast does contain spoilers - but you don't have to have read the book to listen and learn more about the Harlem Renaissance era! Show Notes The Book Club Book Harlem Rhapsody , by Victoria Christopher Murray Further Reading "A History of The Crisis " (NAACP website) The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson I Too Sing America: the Harlem Renaissance, at 100 by Wil Haygood Smoketown , by Mark Whitaker Joy Goddess: A'lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance , by A'lelia Bundles Authors in the Book Blues in Stereo, by Langston Hughes Cane, by Jean Toomer Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories From the Harlem Renaissance , by Zora Neale Hurston My Soul's High Song , by Countee Cullen Passing and Quicksand, by Nella Larsen The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man , by James Weldon Johnson The Souls of Black Folk , by W.E.B. Du Bois Home to Harlem , by Claude McKay Amiable with Big Teeth , by Claude McKay Timestamps 0:00 - AViD Lineup/What We're Reading 11:20 - Book Club Discussion 46:32 - Book Bulletin What They're Reading/To Be Read A Thousand Ships , by Natalie Haynes A Hard Day for a Hangover , by Darynda Jones Haunted Ever After , by Jen DeLuca Crossings , by Ben Goldfarb The Shots You Take , by Rachel Reid Blood Over Bright Haven , by M.L. Wang Witchcraft for Wayward Girls , by Grady Hendrix Sula , by Toni Morrison The Knockout Queen , by Rufi Thorpe Idle Grounds , by Krystelle Bamford The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store , by James McBride Book Bulletin " A Court of Thorns and Roses TV Series Dead at Hulu" (Variety) "Meet-cute at Mansfield Park: can modern covers turn young readers on to Jane Austen?" ( The Guardian ) "Readerlink Will Stop Distributing Mass Market Paperbacks at the End of 2025" ( Publishers Weekly ) Women's Prize for Fiction longlist

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This episode was published on Mar 11, 2025.

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