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The Richer, the Poorer: Stories, Sketches and Reminiscences
by West, Dorothy
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Dorothy West founded the Harlem Renaissance literary magazine Challenge in 1934, and New Challenge in 1937, with Richard Wright as her associate editor. She was a welfare investigator and WPA relief worker in Harlem during the Depression. Her first novel, The Living Is Easy , appeared in 1948 and remains in print. He second novel, The Wedding , was a national bestseller and literary landmark when published in the winter of 1995. A collection of her stories and autobiographical essays, The Richer, The Poorer , appeared during the summer of 1995. She lives on Martha's Vineyard.
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- Seller
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1704
- Title
- The Richer, the Poorer: Stories, Sketches and Reminiscences
- Author
- West, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1995)
- Keywords
- African American Literature, Harlem Renaissance
- Bookseller catalogs
- AFRICAN AMERICANA;
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