When Washington Was in Vogue
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When Washington Was in Vogue is a Harlem Renaissance novel written by Edward Christopher Williams, set in Washington, D.C. in 1922-3. The first epistolary novel written by an African-American, it was originally serialized in the radical magazine The Messenger between January 1925 and July 1926 as "The Letters of Davy Carr: A True Story of Colored Vanity Fair."
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Author | Edward Christopher Williams |
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Publisher | The Messenger; HarperCollins |
Publication date | The Messenger: 1925-1926; HarperCollins: 2004 |
Pages | 28566 |
ISBN | 0-06-055545-9 |
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Largely due to the small circulation of the magazine, When Washington Was in Vogue languished in obscurity until its rediscovery and subsequent publication in 2003. It follows the adventures of Davy Carr, a scholar living amongst the black socialites of the Roaring Twenties.