Ethelene Whitmire
@ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social
Biographer, curator, professor
Reposted by Ethelene Whitmire
"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 @ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social (1/4)
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.”
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"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 @ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social (1/4)
Reposted by Ethelene Whitmire
Copenhagen is also the setting for many of the works featured in the @amscan.bsky.social exhibition "Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century," which @ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social co-curated (w/Leslie Anderson).
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/... (2/4)
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/... (2/4)
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.
www.scandinaviahouse.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Copenhagen is also the setting for many of the works featured in the @amscan.bsky.social exhibition "Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century," which @ethelene-whitmire.bsky.social co-curated (w/Leslie Anderson).
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/... (2/4)
www.scandinaviahouse.org/exhibitions/... (2/4)
My latest travel essay based upon my research about Black Americans in 20th Century Denmark.
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.”
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My latest travel essay based upon my research about Black Americans in 20th Century Denmark.