The Read Around: Carla Kaplan In "The Read Around," a weekly video feature, authors discuss the when, where and how behind their books. Below, Carla Kaplan, the author of "Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance," talks about her research habits, why this project took longer to write than she expected, and how being a white woman in the field of black studies helped her sympathize with the people in her book.