The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Volume 1 [Hardcover]

Spanning the gamut of literary genres, from autobiographical short stories to poetry, journalism, and novelettes, this is a comprehensive collection of one of America's most seminal women writers. A testament to the nineteenth century as birthplace for black woman writers,The Works of AliceDunbar-Nelsonoffers insight into the themes of oppression and intolarance, often considered dangerous or ignored in the nineteenth century, but now pervade much writing today. Themes such as crossing racial boundaries, infused with Dunbar-Nelson's autobiographical fervor

Alice Dunbar-Nelson's journalism--especially her column for The Pittsburgh Courier, 'Une Femme Dit'--is without peer. --Eric J. Sundquist inThe New York Times Book Review