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Dunbar lives!(Paul Laurence Dunbar)
In the course of writing this essay, I have found something that surprised me: Dunbar matters very much to contemporary African American poets. And I have also discovered how Dunbar matters to me. Several years ago I had a conversation with another African American poet. We ranged from topic to topic to topic, and I mentioned that when I was growing up my father would occasionally recite Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Party." He did so joyfully and apropos of nothing but exuberance, as far as my brother and I could tell:
Dey had a great big pahty down to Tom's de othah night; Was I dah? You bet! I nevah in my life see sich a sight; All de folks f'om fou' ...
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