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Arna Bontemps

Born

in Alexandria, Louisiana, The United States

October 13, 1902

Died

June 04, 1973

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Works of poetry, history, and fiction, such as God Sends Sunday (1931) and Black Thunder (1936), established American writer Arna Wendell Bontemps as a leading figure of the renaissance of Harlem.

People note Arnaud Wendell Bontemps, an African novelist and librarian, as a member.

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	Black Thunder by Arna Bontemps, Arnold Rampersad (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1936 — 20 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
	A Summer Tragedy 4.06 avg rating — 89 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
	American Negro Poetry 4.13 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1963 — 27 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
	Popo and Fifina by Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Contributor) 3.52 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1932 — 13 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
	Great Slave Narratives 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1969 — 6 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
	Story of the Negro by Arna Bontemps, Raymond Lufkin (Illustrator) 3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1948 — 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
	God Sends Sunday 3.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1931 — 5 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 Fast Sooner Hound by Arna Bontemps, Jack Conroy, Virginia Lee Burton (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1942 — 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
	Drums at Dusk: A Novel by Arna Bontemps, Michael P. Bibler (Introduction), Jessica Adams (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	The Pasteboard Bandit by Arna Bontemps, Cheryl A. Wall, Langston Hughes 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1997 — 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

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““is there something we have forgotten? Some precious thing we have lost, wandering in strange lands?”
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