of such immense talent. In this collection of reflections, vignettes, short stories, and poems, Dunbar Nelson proves herself as a writer immersed in the classics, yet capable of illuminating the events and concerns of her own generation. In ¿A Carnival Jangle,¿ she provides a vibrant description of New Orleans during its legendary season of celebration. ¿The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ¿ presents itself as a newly discovered manuscript revealing Jesus¿ travels in India. Dunbar Nelson¿s brilliant prose style is nicely juxtaposed with her expertise in poetic form as she moves fluidly from love poems to religious verses, narrative poems to heartbreaking elegies. Only twenty years old when this collection was published, Dunbar Nelson executes a brilliant debut to a long and distinguished career in literature. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alice Dunbar Nelson¿s Violets and Other Tales is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.