Passing

by Nella Larsen, Carla Kaplan, Penguin Classics

160 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 27, 2026

About the author

Nellallitea 'Nella' Larsen (first called Nellie Walker) was an American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote earned her recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics.