American Literature / Unit 13 AML 1223 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nella Larsen, *Quicksand* and *Passing*
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The idea
The witness calls Nella Larsen groundbreaking: trained as nurse and librarian, the first African American to take a library science degree and the first African American woman awarded a Guggenheim. Her two short novels examine passing.
In practice
A librarian, a nurse, and two short novels.
Where people slip
Passing is plot and social fact at once.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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