On the heels of the bestseller success of herย ย novel The Wedding, Dorothy West,ย ย the last surviving member of the Harlemย ย Renaissance, presents a collection of essays and stories thatย ย explore both the realism of everyday life, and theย ย fantastical, extraordinary circumstances of oneย ย woman's life in a mythic time. Traversing theย ย universal themes and conflicts between poverty andย ย prosperity, men and women, and young and old, andย ย compiling writing that spans almost seventy years,ย ย The Richer, The Poorer not onlyย ย affords an unparalleled window into theย ย African-American middle class, but also delves into theย ย richness of experience of "one of the finest writersย ย produced in this country during the Roaringย ย Twenties"(Book Page).