{"product_id":"joy-goddess-alelia-walker-and-the-harlem-renaissance-hardcover","title":"Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA'Lelia Bundles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vibrant, deeply researched biography of A'Lelia Walker--daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and herself a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance--written by her great-granddaughter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDubbed the \"joy goddess of Harlem's 1920s\" by poet Langston Hughes, A'Lelia Walker, daughter of millionaire entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker and the author's great-grandmother and namesake, is a fascinating figure whose legendary parties and Dark Tower salon helped define the Harlem Renaissance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter inheriting her mother's hair care enterprise, A'Lelia would become America's first high profile black heiress and a prominent patron of the arts. \u003ci\u003eJoy Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers inside her three New York homes--a mansion, a townhouse, and a pied-a-terre--where she entertained Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Paul Robeson, Florence Mills, James Weldon Johnson, Carl Van Vechten, W.E.B. DuBois, and other cultural, social and intellectual luminaries of the Roaring Twenties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, based on extensive research and Walker's personal correspondence, her great-granddaughter creates a meticulous, nuanced portrait of a charismatic woman struggling to define herself as a wife, mother, and businesswoman outside her famous mother's sphere. In \u003ci\u003eJoy Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e, A'Lelia's radiant personality and impresario instincts--at the center of a vast, artistic social world where she flourished as a fashion trendsetter and international traveler--are brought to vivid and unforgettable life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA'Lelia Bundles is the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book and bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eA former ABC News Washington, DC, deputy bureau chief and an Emmy Award-winning producer, she participated in residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell while writing \u003ci\u003eJoy Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit her website at ALeliaBundles.com or on Instagram at @ALeliaBundles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44805202640998,"sku":"9781416544425","price":38.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/3CJE6Tfi9a9781416544425.webp?v=1771426287","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/joy-goddess-alelia-walker-and-the-harlem-renaissance-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}