Book

The Man Who Lived Underground

Richard Wright

2021

Library of America

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Book Review

Outcasts and Desperados

Reflections on Richard Wright’s recently published novel, "The Man Who Lived Underground."

by Adam Shatz via London Review of Books on October 4, 2021
Book Review

What We Want from Richard Wright

A newly restored novel tests an old dynamic between readers and the author of “Native Son.”

by Lauren Michele Jackson via The New Yorker on May 12, 2021
Book Review

When Richard Wright Broke With the Communists

His posthumously released novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was written during a crisis of political faith.

by Colin Asher via The New Republic on April 19, 2021

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Richard Wright at a typewriter

Richard Wright's Newly Uncut Novel Offers a Timely Depiction of Police Brutality

'The Man Who Lived Underground,' newly expanded from a story into a novel by the Library of America, may revise the seminal Black author's reputation.

by Sonaiya Kelley via Los Angeles Times on April 19, 2021

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