‘Desiree’s Baby’ by Kate Chopin: Short Story Analysis ‘Desiree’s Baby’ is a pre-American Civil War short story penned by an American writer of great renown, Kate Chopin. Chopin is considered to be one of the first feminist writers who lived during the nineteenth-century. ‘Desiree’s Baby’ is one of her most studied pieces whose central theme is about racism and slavery that … [Read more...] about ‘Desiree’s Baby’ by Kate Chopin: Short Story Analysis