Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Richard Wright

Name three books written by Richard Wright. Black Boy, Native Son, and....The Outsider. Right. Now, name 17 more. They're listed in the front matter of his novel, Savage Holiday, which is every bit as intense and brilliant as The Outsider. American Hunger, the continuation of his autobiographical work, Black Boy, is equally impressive. I found it quite eye opening to learn that a writer of Wright's stature was not connected to a much broader audience for his entire body of work for any number of reasons.