African-American writer Richard Wright (1908-1960) was celebrated during the early 1940s for his searing autobiography (Black Boy) and fiction (Native Son). By

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Biographical sketches of 378 writers associated with the American South are included in this important new reference work. Compiled by 172 scholars, these summa