"Lyrics of Love and Laughter" by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Paul Laurence Dunbar was a renowned poet, author, and playwright. In 1903 he published a collection of poems titled Lyrics of Love and Laughter. Written after a separation from his wife, a nervous breakdown, and a bout with pneumonia, this book of poems contains both “sentimental and somberly realistic expressions and depictions of black life.” Help us transcribe the more than 100 poems featured in this compilation and see how Dunbar used both dialect and standard English verse in his poetry.

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