Wallace Thurman

The Blacker the Berry

Novel of dark-skinned Black woman struggling with colorism and social prejudice

About the author

Wallace Thurman
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.

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