His early life was a series of moves from one Southern town to the next, of sporadic schooling and part-time jobs. An impoverished childhood, a broken home, and exposure to the racial oppression of the South became sources of deep anger that permeates Wright's work. The following bibliography is composed of holdings in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, the Chicago Public Library.
All materials are for reference and in-house usage only .
Richard Wright Fiction Eight Men . Pyramid Books, 1961. Lawd Today . The Long Dream . Chatham Bookseller, 1958.