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I don't see much about Richard Wright on here. Does anyone read him? I find many of his ideas painfully dated (above all, the influence of the Chicago School and the whole "marginal man" concept) but I still think he's a good writer.

>> No.472184
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472184

Shameless self-bump

>> No.472191

go read that park-inspired shit someplace else.

>> No.472205

>>472191
Like where?

>> No.472235

Read Black boy for school, shit scuked

>> No.472240

>>472235
Please elaborate?

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472309

Bumping one last time. Doesn't anyone read Wright?

>> No.472329

>>472309

No.

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472330

I prefer my black writers to be John Edgar Wideman

>> No.472331

I read Native Son recently for a course I took. Thought it was pretty good, I don't agree that his ideas are especially dated though. I thought Max's speech at the end was highly perceptive.

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>>472309
n-no-non-on-no-no-no-no-noonononojnonon

>> No.472357

>>472154
Black Boy by Richard Wright is one of my favorite books.

>> No.472366

>>472330
Yeah, he's good.

>>472331
Its length was pretty unbearable but it's true, the speech is still pretty relevant. Plus there's an existentialist twist to Native Son which prevents it from being a lame-ass moralistic novel. I guess it's not as painfully dated as his later writings, especially the travel stuff or Voices.