The Harlem Book of the Dead - James Van Der Zee, Owen Dodson and Camille Bilops Writing long shrouded and parodied by

long shrouded and parodied by popular culture

Trying not to forget all those things that once seemed so important

The new and revised edition features a foreword by Ocean Vuong and a note from the editor

tracing the background exchanges that led to the collaboration between the groundbreaking writer

Now I am a mother of two working on borrowed time hoping the years I’ve lost mothering can be written into my CV without guilt or shame

The Harlem Book of the Dead - James Van Der Zee, Owen Dodson and Camille Bilops Writing long shrouded and parodied byThe Harlem Book of the Dead by James Der Zee, Owen Dodson and Camille Bilops Published by Primary Information, 2025 Softcover 108 pages. Originally published in 1978, The Harlem Book of the Dead is a haunting and beautiful document of Black funerary traditions in Harlem, which captures the communitys mourning rituals through the lens of one of the Harlem Renaissances most celebrated photographers. These portraits are complimented and captioned by