Richard Wright

Quotes

• “Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.”

• “These were the rhythms of his life: indifference and violence; periods of abstract brooding and periods of intense desire; moments of silence and moments of anger- like water ebbing and flowing from the tug of a far-away, invisible force.”

• “I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.”

• “I am nobody: / A red sinking autumn sun / Took my name away.”

• “He was much more stern and realistic than I tend to be. I’m not unrealistic, except in the sense that some things are so unpleasant I need to alter them a bit.”

Books by Richard Wright in order

Books by Richard Wright in the order they were published, from Uncle Tom's Children (1938) to Byline, Richard Wright (2015).

1. 1Uncle Tom's ChildrenUncle Tom's Children1938
   What's in it (6)

   • The Ethics of Living Jim Crow
   • Big Boy Leaves Home
   • Down by the Riverside
   • Long Black Song
   • Fire and Cloud
   • Bright and Morning Star
2. 2Native SonNative Son1940
3. 312 Million Black Voices12 Million Black Voices1941
4. 4Black BoyBlack Boy1945
5. 5The OutsiderThe Outsider1953
6. 6Black PowerBlack Power1954
7. 7The Color CurtainThe Color Curtain1956
8. 8Pagan SpainPagan Spain1957
9. 9White Man, Listen!White Man, Listen!1957
10. 10The Long DreamThe Long Dream1958
11. 11Eight MenEight Men1961
12. 12Man Who Lived UndergroundMan Who Lived Underground2003
13. 13Byline, Richard WrightByline, Richard Wright2015
14. 14[Works][Works]
15. 15American HungerAmerican Hunger
16. 16HaikuHaiku
17. 17Lawd Today!Lawd Today!
18. 18Richard Wright ReaderRichard Wright Reader
19. 19Rite of PassageRite of Passage
20. 20Savage HolidaySavage Holiday

Lists with books by Richard Wright

• Books like Crime and Punishment