Literary Sisters: Dorothy West and Her Circle: A Biography of the Harlem Renaissance

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Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West led a charmed life in many respects. Born into a distinguished Boston family, she appeared in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, then lived in the Soviet Union with a group that included Langston Hughes, to whom she proposed marriage. She later became friends with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who encouraged her to finish her second novel, The Wedding , which became the octogenarian author's first bestseller. Literary...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813551455

ISBN13:9780813551456

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.88 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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