https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg American Novelist en-us 2020-12-15 20:54:14 UTC 2023-02-26 07:06:41 UTC hello@padlet.com see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1021929370 Wallace Thurman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 16, 1902.]]> 2020-12-15 20:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1021929370 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029385235 Throughout Wallace Thurman's childhood he was always ill. When he was in grade school he had to take two years off of school due to his poor health. When he was in highschool he caught influenza during the pandemic. ]]> 2020-12-17 20:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029385235 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029392811 Throughout Thurman's early life he moved around many times. Between grade school and high school Thurman moved back and forth between Boise, Idaho, Chicago, Pasadena, and Salt Lake City.]]> 2020-12-17 20:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029392811 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029404610 Thurman enjoyed reading as a child. He enjoyed reading  Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Havelock Ellis, Flaubert, Charles Baudelaire, and many others. Thurman wrote his first book when he was ten years old.]]> 2020-12-17 20:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029404610 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029412026 In 1925 Thruman moved to Harlem. While he lived in Harlem he worked as a ghostwriter, publisher, and Editor. ]]> 2020-12-17 20:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029412026 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029421954 Wallace Thurman contributed to the creation of the literary magazine "Fire!!"   Some of the other people who contributed to the magazine were  Langston Hughes, Zora Neale, Hurston, Richard Bruce Nugent, Aaron Douglas, and Gwendolyn B. Bennet. They was only able to publish one issue of the magazine. It was controversial at the time. The magazine challenged the way that certain african americans fought for equality. He didn't think it was a good idea to spend time trying to prove that black people deserved white people's respect. ]]> 2020-12-17 20:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029421954 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029436155 In the magazine "Fire!!" Thurman called out W.E.B Du Bois, for spending too much energy trying to earn respect from white people. Thurman wanted to show the lives of black people, the good and bad parts. ]]> 2020-12-17 20:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1029436155 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1036771979 while Wallace Thurman was a part of the Harlem Rennesaince, he was also one of the harshest critics of the era. He always stood up for what he believed in, he also didn't have any problems with calling people out on their racism or colorism.]]> 2020-12-21 20:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1036771979 see00005 https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1036779205 Thurman surrounded himself with many well known poeple from the Harlem Rennesaince. Some of these people were Langston Hughs, zora Neale Hurston, and Dorathy West.]]> 2020-12-21 20:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/see00005/t59eyqp0fibgegkg/wish/1036779205