Richard Wright, at that time the most famous Black novelist in America, had written the book 80 years before as a follow-up to “Native Son,” his 1940 best-seller chronicling the merciless ...

On the Shelf. The Man Who Lived Underground. By Richard Wright Library of America: 240 pages, $23 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees ...

Exploring the essential influence of keyboardist and songwriter Richard Wright on the work of Pink Floyd, through the various ...

Richard Wright, in the winter of 1941, was the most successful Black author in America. Only 14 years earlier, he had made the Great Migration, moving from Memphis to Chicago. He had enrolled in th… ...

Richard Wright once said of the novel, quote, “I have never written anything in my life that stemmed more from sheer inspiration or executed any piece of writing in a deeper feeling of ...

Richard Wright’s literary career begins with a lynching and ends with a serial murderer. “Big Boy Leaves Home,” the 1936 story that leads off Wright’s first book, Uncle Tom’s Children ...

In death, as in life, Richard Wright was ahead of his time. * Jake Lamar is the author of four books, including his recently published novel "If 6 Were 9." He lives in Paris. Sign up.

Richard Wright was 9 years old when he and his family were forced to flee. He wrote, quote, “There was only silence, quiet weeping, whispers and fears.

Richard Wright once said of the novel, quote, “I have never written anything in my life that stemmed more from sheer inspiration or executed any piece of writing in a deeper feeling of ...