By Subject > African-American History Month > Classic Literature and Folk Tales > 2 > The Sport of the Gods The Sport of the Gods Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar Retail Price: $7.95 Availability: In Stock Format: Book Pages: 128 Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 ISBN: 048646850X EAN: 978-0-486-46850-1 UPC: 8-00759-46850-8 A landmark in African-American literature, this powerful novel was among the first realistic depictions of ghetto life and language. Written by a renowned poet, essayist, and lecturer, its fictional portrayal of social and political issues within an early-twentieth-century black community foreshadowed the later works of such luminaries as James Baldwin and Richard Wright. Reprint of the Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1902 edition. Ready to Buy? Add this to your cart (you can always remove it later.) Shopping here is Guaranteed Safe! Here's a sample of other Dover titles that may interest your customers. Selected Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar Comprehensive collection of one of the beloved African-American poet's works includes "Ode to Ethiopia," "Not They Who Soar," "When Malindy Sings," "We Wear the Mask, "Dinah Kneading Dough," "The Haunted Oak,"more. read more $2.00 Tales of Conjure and The Color Line: 10 Stories by Charles Waddell Chesnutt Ten wonderful stories by pioneer of African-American fiction: "The Goophered Grapevine," "Po' Sandy," "Sis' Becky's Pickaninny," "The Wife of His Youth," "Dave's Neckliss," "The Passing of Grandison," more. Witty, charming, insightful. read more $3.50 The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman The first novel to openly address color prejudice among black Americans, this moving tale unfolds amid the Harlem Renaissance in an enduringly relevant examination of racial, sexual, and cultural identity. read more $7.95 Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes Poet Langston Hughes' only novel, a coming-of-age tale that unfolds amid an African-American family in rural Kansas, explores the dilemmas of life in a racially divided society. read more $4.50 African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927 by Joan R. Sherman Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) to 20th-century work of Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes. Introduction. read more $2.00