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For Lilly Belle, 1920’s Harlem, “the capital of Black America” is about as far from her hometown of Smyrna, Tennessee, as a twelve-year-old can get, maybe not in miles, but certainly in mind-set. A summer program in Harlem for gifted young writers opens a new world for her, where jazz music in the street lulls her to sleep. Her classroom is in a famous mansion call “the Dark Tower” and author Zora Neale Hurston is her teacher. She soon discovers the power of words.
For Lilly Belle, 1920’s Harlem, “the capital of Black America” is about as far from her hometown of Smyrna, Tennessee, as a twelve-year-old can get, maybe not in miles, but certainly in mind-set. A summer program in Harlem for gifted young writers opens a new world for her, where jazz music in the street lulls her to sleep. Her classroom is in a famous mansion call “the Dark Tower” and author Zora Neale Hurston is her teacher. She soon discovers the power of words.