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Charles Chesnutt and Questions of Race in American Fiction

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A conversation with Charles S. Duncan, professor of English, William Peace University, about writer, poet, and essayist Charles W. Chesnutt. Chesnutt was the first major African American fiction writer who tackled the issue of race as a realist. Writing with complexity, irony, and personal insight, his work maintains its relevancy for today’s readers who are often faced with similar issues of race and identity.

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