The Richer the Poorer Author:Dorothy West On the heels of the bestseller success of her novel The Wedding, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, presents a collection of essays and stories that explore both the realism of everyday life, and the fantastical, extraordinary circumstances of one ... more » woman's life in a mythic time. Traversing the universal themes and conflicts between poverty and prosperity, men and women, and young and old, and compiling writing that spans almost seventy years, The Richer, The Poorer not only affords an unparalleled window into the African-American middle class, but also delves into the richness of experience of "one of the finest writers produced in this country during the Roaring Twenties"(Book Page).« less
A collection of short stories and essays by a pioneering African-American female novelist. Dorothy West founded a Harlem Renaissance literary magazine in 1934. Her 1995 novel, "The Wedding," was a bestseller.