The Sport of the Gods

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Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872--1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar's essential essays and short stories, and his finest poems, such as "Sympathy," all which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century.From the Trade Paperback edition.

subjects: Fiction,  African American families in fiction,  African American families,  Rural-urban migration in fiction,  Rural-urban migration,  African Americans,  African Americans in fiction,  Literary collections,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  African americans, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Fiction, religious,  Fiction, family life, general,  American fiction,  African American authors

Places: United States