"a ‘modern’ woman who smokes, wears her dresses short, does not believe in religions, churches and the like, and feels that people of the artistic type have a definite chance to help solve the race problem."
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Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesAfrican AmericansLibrarians from the United StatesNurses from the United States
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On how Larsen was described in a 1928 interview (as quoted in “NELLA LARSEN: AN UNTOLD STORY OF RACE THROUGH LITERATURE”; May 2017)
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Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen (April 13, 1891–March 30, 1964) was a nurse, librarian and novelist during the Harlem Renaissance.
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