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Laban Carrick Hill

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The United States

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Genre

Children's, Young Adult

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Hill is the author of more than 35 books, including the 2004 National Book Award Finalist Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance, a book he researched for more than a decade. He was drawn to this era because the Harlem Renaissance seemed to embody Ralph Ellison’s sense that America could not be America without African Americans.

Hill has also taught writing at the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College, Columbia University, Baruch College, St. Michael’s College in Vermont, University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, and the University of Cape Coast in Ghana.

In the fall of 2008, when he was a visiting professor of creative writing at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, he co-founder and stil ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 7,661 ratings · 988 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 5,606 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill, Theodore Taylor III (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 1,634 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance 3.94 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	America Dreaming: How Youth Changed America in the 60's 3.91 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Casa Azul: An Encounter with Frida Kahlo 3.37 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watch Out for Room 13 (Choose Your Own Nightmare, #11) by Laban Carrick Hill, Bill Schmidt (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to Horror Hospital (Choose Your Own Nightmare, #16) by Laban Carrick Hill, Bill Schmidt (Illustrator ) 3.69 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bugged Out! (Choose Your Own Nightmare, #8) 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evil Pen Pal (Choose Your Own Nightmare, #14) by Laban Carrick Hill, Bill Schmidt (Illustrator) 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spy Survival Handbook by Laban Carrick Hill, Robert Rath (Illustrations) 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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