The Richard Wright Page

( 1908-1960 )

Major Works
Arnold Rampersad selected and annotated the texts in Early Works and Later Works in the Library of America, 1991.

Uncle Tom's Children ( 1938 ).
Native Son ( 1940 ).
Black Boy ( 1945 ).
The Outsider ( 1953 ).
Black Power ( 1954 ).
Savage Holiday ( 1954 ).
The Color Curtain ( 1956 ).
Pagan Spain ( 1957 ).
White Man Listen ! ( 1957 ).
The Long Dream ( 1958 ).
Lawd Today ! ( 1963 ).

About Wright
Michel Fabre, The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright. Second Edition. Illinois, 1993.
Constance Webb, Richard Wright: A Biography. Putnam, 1968.
Richard Wright from The Mississippi Writers Page.
Richard Wright from Internet Public Library.
Commentary on "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" from Morrill Books.

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