Retort

Retort

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

This collection of poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar explores themes of race, social justice, and the human condition with a sharp wit and keen eye for detail.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the Ame...

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