The Richer, the Poorer by Dorothy West

The Richer, the Poorer by Dorothy West

On the heels of the bestseller success of her novel The Wedding, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, presents a collection of essays and stories that explore both the realism of everyday life, and the fantastical, extraordinary circumstances of one woman's life in a mythic time. Traversing the universal themes and conflicts between poverty and prosperity, men and women, and young and old, and compiling writing that spans almost seventy years, The Richer, The Poorer not only affords an unparalleled window into the African-American middle class, but also delves into the richness of experience of one of the finest writers produced in this country during the Roaring Twenties(Book Page).

With Richard Wright as her associate editor, Dorothy West created the Harlem Renaissance literary magazines Challenge and New Challenge in 1934 and 1937, respectively. During the Great Depression, she worked as a welfare investigator and WPA relief worker in Harlem. Her debut book, The Living Is Easy, was published in 1948 and is still in print today. When her second novel, The Wedding, was released in the winter of 1995, it became a national bestseller and literary landmark. The Richer, The Poorer, a collection of her stories and personal essays, was published in the summer of 1995. At the age of 91, she died in August 1998.

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ISBN 13	9780385471466
ISBN 10	0385471467
Title	The Richer, the Poorer
Author	Dorothy West
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1996-06-20
Number of pages	272
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