Editing Nella Larsen (section)

==Legacy ==
In 2018, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published a belated obituary for her.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wertheim |first=Bonnie |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Nella Larsen (1891-1964) |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-nella-larsen.html}}</ref> She was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=George |date=2022 |title=Nella Larsen |url=https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/inductees/profile/nella-larsen# |archive-url=|access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Chicago Literary Hall of Fame}}</ref>

Nella Larsen was an acclaimed novelist, who wrote stories in the midst on the Harlem Renaissance. Larsen is most known for her two novels, ''Quicksand'' and ''Passing''; these two pieces of work got much recognition with positive reviews. Many believed that Larsen was a rising star as an African American novelist, until she soon after left Harlem, her fame, and writing behind.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wall|first=Cheryl A.|date=1986|title=Passing for what? Aspects of Identity in Nella Larsen's Novels|journal=Black American Literature Forum|volume=20|issue=1/2|pages=97–111|doi=10.2307/2904554|issn=0148-6179|jstor=2904554}}</ref>

Larsen is often compared to other authors who also wrote about cultural and racial conflict such as [[Claude Mckay]] and [[Jean Toomer]].

Nella Larsen's works are viewed as strong pieces that well represent mixed-race individuals and the struggles with identity that some inevitably face.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/murphy16/2016/04/10/passing-in-race/|title=Passing in Race – The Peopling of New York City|website=eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu|date=April 10, 2016 |access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>

There have been some arguments that Larsen’s work did not well represent the "[[New Negro]]" movement because of the main characters in her novels being confused and struggling with their race. However, others argue that her work was a raw and important representation of how life was for many people, especially women, during the Harlem Renaissance.

Larsen's novel ''Passing'' was adapted as a [[Passing (film)|2021 film of the same name]] by [[Rebecca Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=November 10, 2021|title=How Netflix's adaptation of Passing reflects the novel's time — and ours|url=https://www.vox.com/22770529/passing-netflix-tessa-thompson-ruth-negga-nella-larsen-rebecca-hall|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref>