Nearly 80 years ago, Richard Wright became one of the most famous Black writers in the United States with the publication of “Native Son.” The novel’s searing critique of systemic racism made it a ...

Very much in the vein of Wright's classic Native Son and Black Boy , this posthumously published novella provides a brutal depiction of conditions facing young African American men in 1940s Harlem.

Join 24,000 of your neighbors and stay in tune with the Triangle. Sign up As Native Son, the play based on Richard Wright’s landmark 1939 novel about systemic racism, runs at Paul Green Theatre, it’s ...

It is with deep sadness that I write about the death of one of my favorite musicians. I was totally shocked to hear the unexpected news of his passing. Richard Wright, keyboardist, vocalist, composer ...

Bookshelves, typewriters, pills and booze: Writing spaces can evoke romance, glamour and despair at once. By Erica Ackerberg In “Beyond the Shores,” the historian Tamara J. Walker explores the lives ...

Richard Wright, in the winter of 1941, was the most successful Black author in America. Only 14 years earlier, he had made the Great Migration, moving from Memphis to Chicago. He had enrolled in the ...

A Pink Floyd spokesman said founding member Richard Wright has died. He was 65. By The Associated Press LONDON — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

The controversial and celebrated novelist Richard Wright died nearly five decades ago, and he left behind the unfinished novel, A Father's Law. It focuses on a black policeman and the son he suspects ...

The only album released by Richard Wright’s band Zee will be remastered 35 years after its arrival. Sadly, the late Pink Floyd keyboardist isn't here to see if this synth-pop detour receives a better ...

“Should the Novel Native Son Be Made Into a Motion Picture?” This was the name of a symposium held at Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel in May, 1940—just two and a half months after the publication of ...

Many readers know about Richard Wright’s famous 1940 debut novel, “Native Son,” about a 20-year-old Black man who can’t escape a system designed for him to fail and accidentally kills a young white ...

Richard Wright, of South Lake Tahoe, passed away peacefully at home on March 4, 2014 after a long fought battle with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Richard was born to the late Harry and Leona Wright in San ...