Remembering Richard Wright
The grandson of a slave and native of Mississippi, Richard Wright will forever be remembered for his books “Black Boy” and “Native Son.”
Literary Friday
Notes from the Louisiana Book Festival. A "sweet" book giveaway. Brad Pitt, Ignatius Reilly, first editions and the Fitzgeralds in Literary News. A fiction contest, Flannery O'Connor and Festival of Words in Literary Events. And "The New Deal" in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
Literary Friday
Fall reading, what your favorite book says about you, an illustration of a chance meeting with Faulkner. North Carolina's new poet laureate on video. Inside the App for F. Scott Fitzgerald Weekend. Poetry readings, a literary murder mystery dinner in Alabama, book fests galore in Literary Events. And a pair of works about redemption in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
Happy Birthday to Richard Wright!
Born on Rucker Plantation in Roxie, Mississippi, near Natchez, Richard Wright was the grandson of a slave and is now remembered for his now timeless works of Southern literature, including "Black Boy" and "Native Son."
Storm Warnings
by Ronald M. Gauthier His little sister slipped and spilled words bubbling with family secrets, and now he could get expelled from the Richard Wright Academy, a special charter school that had a coveted waiting list to get in. His usually tough young face
10 Required Reads for Adults
School starting in many locations across the country today got us thinking about those required reading lists. As an adult, you have a second chance to rediscover some of them - on your own time and with no pop quiz afterward.
Literary Friday
Summer read giveaway! A special feature on literary sites in San Francisco. Literary news, including Sotheby's auction of rare John Kennedy Toole items. An author smackdown between Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston. Literary events & new fiction in Southern Voice. Literary Friday is here!