The Richer The Poorer - Dorothy West

The Stories Contained Here Are As American As Jazz And As Wise And Multifaceted As Their Writer. Dorothy Wests Metier Is The Unique Crucible In Which America Places Its Black Middle Class, But Her Themes Are Universal: The Daily Misunderstandings Between Young And Old, Men And Women, Rich And Poor That Can Lead To Tragedy; And The Ways In Which Bonds Of Family And Community Can Bring Us Together, And Tear Us Asunder. Dorothy Wests Autobiographical Essays Explore The Poles Of Her Remarkable Life - From Growing Up Black And Middle-class In Boston To Her Near-mythic Trip To Moscow In 1933 With Langston Hughes And Other Harlem Renaissance Writers To Life On Her Beloved Marthas Vineyard.