Download or read book Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) by Paul Laurence Dunbar (Poetry) written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child and was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper.