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Richard Wright

Richard Wright (1908-1960) is one of the most influential African American writers of the last century. His major works include the story collection Uncle Tom's Children, the novel Native Son, and the autobiography Black Boy.
The Man Who Lived Underground: A Novel
Richard Wright: Early Works (LOA #55)
Richard Wright: Later Works (LOA #56)

Books

The Man Who Lived Underground: A Novel
Richard Wright: Early Works (LOA #55)
Richard Wright: Later Works (LOA #56)

An Excerpt from Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground

Richard Wright (1908–1960) is one of the most influential African American writers of the last century. But in the 1940s, at the height of his creative powers, he was unable to secure publication of perhaps his most important novel. Now, for the first time, by special arrangement with the author’s estate, Library of America is publishing

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