Wallace Thurman
Wallace Thurman was the enfant terrible of the Harlem Renaissance, editing the avant-garde literary magazine Fire!! and writing satirical novels about Harlem's cultural scene. His short, turbulent life produced two important works of fiction.
Works
- The Blacker the BerryNovel of dark-skinned Black woman struggling with colorism and social prejudice
- Infants of the SpringNovel of Harlem bohemian literati and their creative struggles during Renaissance
- The InterneNovel set in hospital depicting conflicts among Black medical professionals and staff
- Fire!!
- Harlem: A Forum of Negro Life