The complete online text of The Sport of the Gods by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), poet and novelist, was the first African American author to gain national recognition and a wide popular audience. Born June 27, 1872, the son of a former slave in Dayton, Ohio, Paul Laurence Dunbar achieved a formal edu...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the most popular American poets of his time, was also the first black poet to attain national and international recognition. Booker T. Washington called him the "Poet Laureate of the Negro race," and William Dean Howells laud...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the most popular American poets of his time, was also the first black poet to attain national and international recognition. Booker T. Washington called him the "Poet Laureate of the Negro race," and William Dean Howells laud...

ON SATURDAY On Monday afternoon, I motored through the Cotswolds - one never drives through the Cotswolds, only motors - with a smile on my lips and a song in my heart. It was a glorious day, the kind of still, summer's day...

Byline: Frank Roche THERE'S been an almighty song-and-dance over the playing of a certain ditty, whose name we dare not speak, at the spiritual home of the GAA next Saturday. After much soul-searching, and melodic pondering, Roche's Point has come up...