Eight Men

short stories by Wright

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  • Richard Wright
    In Richard Wright: Posthumous publications

    Wright’s Eight Men, a collection of short stories, appeared in 1961, after his death in Paris in 1960. The autobiographical American Hunger, which narrates Wright’s experiences after moving to the North, was also published posthumously, in 1977. Some of the more candid passages dealing with race,…

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