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Restored Richard Wright novel hits bestseller lists HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer May 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5This combination of photos shows the cover image for "The Man Who Lived Underground," left, and author Richard Wright. (Library of America via AP, left, and AP Photo/Robert Kradin)APShow MoreShow Less 2of5This cover image released by the Library of America shows "The Man Who Lived Underground," by Richard Wright. (Library of America via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5FILE - Richard Wright, author of "Native Son," appears in New York on March 21, 1945. Mo...

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Last modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 02.56 EDT He was one of most influential African American writers of the 20th century. But Richard Wright found it hard to talk to his daughter about race. “It’s like soldiers who go to war and then come back,” Julia Wright, who turns 79 this year, says in a phone interview with the Guardian. “They don’t always find the way to share what they did at war with their family. My father didn’t really know how to share the pain about race with me. “So he had other ways of doing it. He would leave the doors of his office open so tha...

‘It couldn’t be more relevant’: the unseen Richard Wright novel finally getting its due David Smith in Washington © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy He was one of most influential African American writers of the 20th century. But Richard Wright found it hard to talk to his daughter about race. “It’s like soldiers who go to war and then come back,” Julia Wright, who turns 79 this year, says in a phone interview with the Guardian. “They don’t always find the way to share what they did at war with their family. My father ...

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Richard Wright, in the winter of 1941, was the most successful Black author in America. Only 14 years earlier, he had made the Great Migration, moving from Memphis to Chicago. He had enrolled in the 10th grade in Hyde Park but quickly dropped out and went to work. He sorted mail for the Chicago post office, and he cared for medical-research animals at what was then Michael Reese Hospital, and he sold insurance policies door-to-door on the South Side. Also, he started to write books, and in 1940, his novel “Native Son” ...