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Book Review: The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

Book #136 of 2021: The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright Among the more unexpected surprises of 2021 has been this publication of a new novel by Richard Wright, eighty years after it was rejected by publishers and made available only as a heavily-truncated short story. In this full version, it’s a text as …

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Book Review: Native Son by Richard Wright

Book #95 of 2018: Native Son by Richard Wright This 1940 classic feels astonishingly modern — which is a sad commentary on the slow progress in American race relations over the decades since. Author Richard Wright pens a blistering look at privilege and marginalization, as embodied in the life of a young black criminal. Yet …

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