Richard Wright 
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SOURCE: New York Times
4/20/2021
Richard Wright’s Newly Restored Novel Is a Tale for Today
by Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts reviews the newly-published "The Man Who Lived Underground," which speaks as much to today as it does to the 1940s.
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SOURCE: Oprah Daily
3/25/2021
Editors Refused to Publish Richard Wright's Most Important Novel—Until Now
"Though Wright himself considered The Man Who Lived Underground his finest work, its depiction of police brutality was so graphic, his publishers believed that it shouldn't see the light of day. When Wright submitted the work to his editor, it was turned down."
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