Richard Wright is famous for his novel, Native Son, which is a classic of American realism, made it to the Modern Library’s list of Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, and was the first Book of the Month Club title by an African-American author. His autobiography – at least part of it – is an acclaimed account of life in the Jim Crow South.

Only the first part of Richard Wright’s autobiography, Black Boy, was published contemporaneously with his finishing it in 1945. The second part, American Hunger, was not published until 1977.

Understandably. . . .

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this is the first book we ever read for american lit. too bad we NEVERFINISHED IT. because mack is STUPID and says part II is too boring to read. boring?! like we didn’t read the entire anthology?

anyway. kind of okay book, tiring.