Jessie Redmon Fauset

Jessie Redmon Fauset was an American writer of the early 20th century. Her most notable work is the novel Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral, published in 1928. She was also a strong contributor to the Harlem Renaissance Movement.

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• Lifetime: 27 April 1882 • 30 April 1961
• Main genre: Black literature
• Literary movement: Harlem Renaissance
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"Sometimes I think no matter how one is born, no matter how one acts,there is something out of gear with one somewhere, and that must be changed. Life at its best is a grand corrective."