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Wallace Thurman's Latest Book

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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1970
  • Latest Book:
    February 2018
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Book List in Order: 3 titles



  • A groundbreaking, yet controversial novel of the Harlem Renaissance about a young, dark-skinned Black woman reckoning with colorism as she navigates 1920s Harlem, reissued and repackaged for the Herald Classics line. Emma Lou Morgan's dark complexion...



  • This roman clef centers on Niggeratti Manor, fashioned after the Harlem rooming house in which Wallace Thurman once lived with other black artists and writers. Thurman's second novel is one of the most potent satires of the Harlem Renaissance and a r...



  • The groundbreaking Harlem Renaissance novel about prejudice within the black community Emma Lou Morgan's skin is black. So black that it's a source of shame to her not only among the largely white community of her hometown of Boise, Idaho, but al...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Wallace Thurman has published 3 books.

Wallace Thurman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Blacker the Berry . . ., was published in February 2018.

The first book by Wallace Thurman, The Blacker the Berry..., was published in May 1970.

No. Wallace Thurman does not write books in series.