"This world is not my home" : a critical biography of African American writer Charles Wright /

"This world is not my home" : a critical biography of African American writer Charles Wright /

"In the 1950s, Charles Wright's (1932-2008) star was on the rise. After dropping out of high school and serving in the Korean War, the young Black writer landed in New York, where he was mentored by Norman Mailer, signed a book deal with a leading publisher, and was celebrated by the likes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogue, W. Lawrence, 1951- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2023]
Series:African American intellectual history
Subjects:
Wright, Charles, > 1932-2008
1900-1999
African American authors > Biography
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies
Écrivains noirs américains > Biographies
African American authors
Authors, American
Biographies
Table of Contents:
  • A tumultuous, traumatic Missouri childhood
  • The struggle to become a writer in New York City
  • An existential reading of The Messenger
  • The years in Tangier and the finding of a home
  • The publication of The Wig
  • Writing in the 1970s and the Village Voice
  • Life after Absolutely and the Hodenfields
  • Stalled in the 1980s
  • Forgotten in the 1990s
  • The death and rediscovery of Charles Wright and his fiction

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