Paul Laurence Dunbar – Buckeye Muse

Paul Dunbar’s “Majors and Minors:” Published 120 Years Ago.

By buckeyemuse | July 16, 2015

One hundred and twenty years ago the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar published the volume that propelled him into wider prominence: Majors and Minors. This was Dunbar’s second volume of poetry. His first, Oak and Ivy, appeared in 1892. Both books were the products of a 19th century self-publishing deal. Dunbar contracted on credit with the…

Buckeyemuse Road Trip: The Paul Laurence Dunbar House in Dayton, Ohio

By buckeyemuse | June 28, 2015

To visit the Paul Laurence Dunbar House in Dayton, Ohio is to step back into the world of late Victorian America. You can almost hear the clop of horse hooves on cobblestones, smell the heavy tobacco of cigars and taste the earthy bite of old fashioned root beer as you walk through these rooms and…

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