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Wallace Thurman

Born

in Salt Lake City, Utah , The United States

August 16, 1902

Died

December 26, 1934

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Wallace Henry Thurman (1902–1934) was an American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929), which explores discrimination within the black community based on skin color, with lighter skin being more highly valued.

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	The Blacker the Berry... 3.94 avg rating — 3,011 ratings — published 1927	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infants of the Spring 3.81 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1932 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire!! by Wallace Thurman (Contributor), Lewis G. Alexander (Contributor), Gwendolyn B. Bennett (Contributor) 4.40 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1926 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman: A Harlem Renaissance Reader by Wallace Thurman, Amritjit Singh (Editor), Daniel M. Scott III (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negro Life in New York's Harlem: A Lively Picture of a Popular and Interesting Section liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neglected Authors - The Men: Volume 4 (of 4) - Ignaty N Potapenko to Stefan Zweig by Wallace Thurman, William Pett Ridge, Israel Zangwill 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fire!! A Quarterly Devoted to the Younger Negro Artists 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlem: A Forum of Negro Live: November 1928 by Wallace Thurman, Karen Rae Levine (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blacker the Berry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am reminded again that the greatest phrase ever written is words, words, words.”
― Wallace Thurman

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“I cannot bear to associate with the ordinary run of people. I have to surround myself with individuals who for the most part are more than a trifle insane”
― Wallace Thurman, Infants of the Spring

tags: friendship, humor, insanity

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“It was the way of Emma Lou always to create her worlds within her own mind without taking under consideration the fact that other people and other elements, not contained within herself, would also have to aid in their molding.”
― Wallace Thurman, The Blacker the Berry...

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