The Harlem Renaissance and the Idea of a New Negro Reader

Contents: 

• Introduction. The New Negro is reading
• Creating critical frameworks: three models for the New Negro Reader
• In search of Black writers (and readers): Crisis's and Opportunity's literary contests
• Beyond the New Negro: artistry, audience, and the Harlem Renaissance literary anthology
• Pedagogy for critical readership: James Weldon Johnson's English 123
• Epilogue. On African American writers and readers