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Dorothy West


Born
in Boston, The United States
June 02, 1907

Died
August 16, 1998

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

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: 3.96 · 8,129 ratings · 780 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
The Wedding
3.95 avg rating — 6,964 ratings — published 1995 — 45 editions
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The Living Is Easy
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3.88 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 1948 — 11 editions
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The Richer, the Poorer: Sto...
4.17 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions
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The Last Leaf of Harlem: Th...
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4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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Where the Wild Grape Grows:...
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Nutrition and Fitness: Life...
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Wojokeso Sentence, Paragrap...
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“Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own.”
― Dorothy West, The Wedding
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“Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.”
― Dorothy West, The Wedding
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“He had been taught that bread unshared is bread unblessed when someone else is hungry, whether man or beast, friend or stranger.”
― Dorothy West, The Wedding
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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Black Coffee: This topic has been closed to new comments. July: Nominate a Classic 7 13 May 21, 2014 07:08AM  
Black Coffee: June Challenge 27 21 Jul 03, 2014 08:55AM  
Black Coffee: July Challenge 28 23 Aug 01, 2014 08:34AM  
Black Coffee: The Living is Easy: July 15 -- August 15 21 21 Aug 06, 2014 07:27AM  
500 Great Books B...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Decades, Centuries, and Millenia 8 414 Dec 06, 2014 09:46PM  
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