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Dorothy West

Born

in Boston, The United States

June 02, 1907

Died

August 16, 1998

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Dorothy West was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family.

West's principal contribution to the Harlem Renaissance was to publish the magazine Challenge, which she founded in 1934 with $40. She also published the magazines successor, New Challenge. These magazines were among the first to publish literature featuring realistic portrayals of African Americans. Among the works published were Richard Wright's groundbreaking essay "Blueprint for Negro Writing," together with writings by Margare ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 7,724 ratings · 695 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wedding 3.96 avg rating — 6,594 ratings — published 1995 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Is Easy by Dorothy West, Adelaide M. Cromwell (Afterword) 3.89 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 1948 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Richer, the Poorer: Stories, Sketches, and Reminiscences 4.16 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Leaf of Harlem: The Uncollected Works of Dorothy West by Dorothy West, Lionel C. Bascom (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Wild Grape Grows: Selected Writings, 1930-1950 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nutrition and Fitness: Lifestyle Choice for Wellness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wojokeso Sentence, Paragraph, and Discourse Analysis (Pacific Linguistics, B-28) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Mariage [The Wedding] by Dorothy West, Fanny Gatibelza (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saturday Evening Quill: Stories, Poems & Plays by Boston’s Women of the Harlem Renaissance by Dorothy West, Karen Rae Levine (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Helene Johnson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dot and Dash at the maple sugar camp (Dot and Dash books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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