Paul Laurence Dunbar Quotes

I simply came to the conclusion that I could write [dialect poetry] as well, if not better, than anybody else I knew of... and that by doing so I should gain a hearing. I gained the hearing, and now they don't want me to write anything but dialect.

- Paul Laurence Dunbar

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