A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt
Tess Chakkalakal
Macmillan/St. Martin's Press
In A Matter of Complexion, Tess Chakkalakal gives readers the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt.
Through his literary work, as a writer, critic, and speaker, Chesnutt transformed the publishing world by crossing racial barriers that divided black writers from white and seamlessly including both Black and white characters in his writing.