Tag Archives: Native Son
James Baldwin and Richard Wright: What quarrel?
August 7, 2013 It was all very public, well documented. Wright had started out being the central inspiration. Baldwin’s essay, “Notes of a Native Son,” and his essay collection also of that title, are obvious tributes to the long … Continue reading
Posted in African-American literature, Global South, Race, Racial violence, Twentieth century literature
Tagged Bandung Conference, Charlton Heston, Congress of Racial Equality, Harriet Beecher Stowe, James Baldwin, Joan Baez, Marlon Brando, Martin Luther King, Native Son, Notes of a Native Son, Richard Wright, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
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Richard Wright’s Haiku
November 16, 2011 I never thought his career would end in this way: thousands of these 17-syllable poems, with no narrative, nothing that adds up, just a passing thought, the briefest of observations, seemingly going nowhere: Meticulously The cat licks … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese poetry, Paris, scale
Tagged Black Boy, generic conventions, Ghana, haiku, Native Son, photography, Richard Wright
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