Gather Out of Star-Dust by Melissa Barton
Gather Out of Star-Dust takes as its central premise that the Harlem Renaissance, known by its participants as the Negro Renaissance, relied heavily on “gatherings” of all kinds. Collaboration, friendship, partnership, and sponsorship were all central to the rise in prominence of African American publication, performance, and visual art. Most importantly, the act of collecting materials from this time subsequently enabled scholars to remember the movement. Gather Out of Star-Dust showcases fifty items from the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters at Beinecke Library. Each of these objects—letters, journal entries, photographs, ephemera, artworks, and first editions—is accompanied by a mini-essay telling a piece of the story about this dynamic period. While numerous scholarly works have been written about this time of rebirth, this book returns us to the primary materials that have made that scholarship possible. Distributed for the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Exhibition Schedule: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (01/13/17–04/17/17)
Melissa Barton is curator of drama and prose for the Yale Collection of American Literature, which includes the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters, at Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300225617 |
| ISBN 10 | 030022561X |
| Title | Gather Out of Star-Dust |
| Author | Melissa Barton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2017-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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