# Paul Laurence Dunbar — Darkwater character guide

> Paul Laurence Dunbar in Darkwater by W. E. B. Du Bois.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Paul, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dunbar

**First appearance:** 0010-iv-of-work-and-wealth

## Who they are

Poet and writer referenced as a cultural figure.

## In the story

### [VIII: The Immortal Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/darkwater_se/chapters/viii-the-immortal-child)

Mentioned as a contrast to Coleridge-Taylor; a black poet whose treatment would not have been different under the same racist logic.

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