Richard Wright Reader : short fiction, poetry, essays & criticism w/ excerpts from Native Son & Black Boy

Wright, Richard

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1978

About this Item

Harper & Row. New York. 1978. 886 pages. First edition; second printing. Uncommon original DJ with $15.95 price intact on flap. DJ is near fine with flaws limited to slight sunning to hues along spine with a tiny discoloration at heel. Book is bright and tight with a touch of sunning along top edges. Faint scant foxing along top page edges; two tiny specks on fore-edge. Page 429 has a minor, shallow chip along bottom page edge. All flaws noted. A nice copy. Contents include: Long Black song -- Fire and cloud. Lawd today [excerpt] -- Native son [excerpt] -- The man who lived underground -- The outsider [excerpt] -- Savage holiday [excerpt] -- Big Black good man -- The long dream [excerpt] -- Black Boy (excerpt) -- Joe Louis Uncovers Dynamite -- Blueprint for Negro Writing -- Letters: Richard Wright/Burton Rascoe -- Richard Wright/David L. Cohn -- Richard Wright/Antonio Frasconi -- Review: Wars I Have Seen / Gertrude Stein -- There's Always Another Cafe -- Black Power (excerpt) -- Pagan Spain (excerpt) -- 12 Million Black Voices -- Poetry: I Have Seen Black Hands -- Between the World and Me -- Red Clay Blues -- The FB Eye Blues -- Haikus -- Long Black Song -- Fire and Cloud -- Lawd Today (excerpt) -- Native Son (excerpt) -- The Man Who Lived Underground -- The Outsider (excerpt) -- Savage Holiday (excerpt) -- Big Black Good Man -- The Long Dream (excerpt) -- Chronology -- Bibliography.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Richard Wright Reader : short fiction, poetry, essays & criticism w/ excerpts from Native Son & Black Boy
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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