News Tue Aug 19 2008
Remembering Richard Wright
Funny how these stories pop up just as we're reading the book.
NPR talks to daughter Julia Wright about her father's legacy and his posthumously published work, A Father's Law. The site also has a short excerpt from the book.
In the Washington Post, a friend of Richard Wright's also looks back on the author's legacy, recalling that while he was living in Paris, Wright confided, "I'm a Negro. I'm a former communist. I'm married to a woman who's not only white but a Jewess. I'm trying to live in a country whose language I'll never really learn. Small wonder I have enemies!"
- Alice Maggio
Lena Younger's husband has passed away, and as Lena and her family wait for a $10,000 life insurance check, they dream of leaving their tiny Chicago apartment and starting new lives. This groundbreaking play won a New York Drama Critics Circle Award when it was first produced in 1959.
