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The Harlem Renaissance and the Fine Art of Failure

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2025-September-19

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Dunbar, Eve

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Article

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Open

Abstract

This essay discusses the notion of “failure” as it relates to the Harlem Renaissance and ALH’s 100th anniversary special issue. First, I turn to the letters and writing of Dorothy West as she develops Challenge, the little magazine published during...

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