Underworld 4's Shield Nov 21, 2009
director of the first two films, will produce along with Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, and Richard Wright. Wiseman's leading lady in the earlier films (and wife), is unlikely to return. (IGN FilmForce)
'Dancing in the Dark,' by Morris Dickstein Nov 4, 2009
A master of comparing and contrasting, he places African American literary giants Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston side by side and shows how they were the same and at the same time very different. He plunges into the books and movies he writes about and describes characters and plots in detail; he also steps back and looks at the big historical picture and the sweep of social movements. (San Francisco Chronicle)
FYI, the latest in As the Birthers Turn Oct 6, 2009
We also read Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Richard Wright and Tennessee Williams so we d be able to throw it in the faces of those who d badmouth our native state. Paul. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Sarah Wright, 80; chronicled Depression-era black experience Oct 5, 2009
While novelists like James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison had explored the black male experience, Ms. Wright s novel was among the first to focus on the confluence of race, class, and sex. Republished by the Feminist Press in 1986 and again in 2002, This Child s Gonna Live remains in print today. (Boston Globe)
Amy Goodman: Future of libraries at odds with technology Oct 3, 2009
After Judge Denny Chin, who is presiding over the case, called for public comment, opposition began flooding in from around the globe, from the governments of France and Germany to scores of smaller and foreign publishers, authors and artists, including folk singer Arlo Guthrie and author Julia Wright, daughter of Richard Wright, who wrote the classics Black Boy and Native Son. Marybeth Peters, head of the U.S. Copyright Office, called it an end run around legislative process and prerogatives. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
How Americans dealt with the Depression Sep 13, 2009
The former - John Steinbeck and Richard Wright, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - are the more obvious relics of Depression culture, but Dickstein, author of the well-regarded Leopards in the Temple, makes a stronger case for the latter. He sees the ugly realities of the Depression cleverly hidden inside the decade s swing music, its backstage movie musicals - even its d. (Boston Globe)
English classes taking a 'readwhatever you want' approach Sep 13, 2009
Perhaps greater flexibility and refinement in the books assigned -- more Willa Cather, less John Steinbeck; more O'Connor, less Richard Wright -- would make reading more engaging to students. But this type of modification is to discriminate within the tradition, not to abandon it. (NJ.com -- Times)
Some parents oppose airing Obama's speech in schools Sep 5, 2009
Washington County Public Schools spokesman Richard Wright said Thursday he could not confirm whether the school system planned to air the speech. An answer should be available no later than today, he said. (The Herald-Mail Online)
BOOK EXCERPT: Dancing in the Dark Aug 30, 2009
Though critics still identify Depression writing with direct, politically engaged social criticism, the work of Hurston and her most powerful rival, Richard Wright, shows how much more is involved ... In this constellation of works that rounded off the decade, Richard Wrights books occupy a special place, for they brought the Depression home to the cities and highlighted the special disabilities of race, which even the sharecropper images had largely sidestepped ... Richard Wright, by... (Slate)
Jackson library name sparks debate Aug 11, 2009
A number of Jacksons libraries are named for Mississippi literary figures, including Eudora Welty, Richard Wright and Willie Morris. Others are named after civil rights leaders, including Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Q&A with Gates Jul 21, 2009
Baldwin said that Richard Wright, like Harriet Beecher Stowe, was a pamphleteer, a polemicist, unlike the truly great Negro writer -- meaning, well, himself ... Then, when I was an assistant professor at Yale, I invited Baldwin to give the first Richard Wright lecture, Yale having bought the Richard Wright papers. (Boston Globe)
Some thermally correct travelin’ music for y’all Jun 20, 2009
In African American letters, Richard Wright s Native Son is in a category all its own. Tennessee Williams revolutionarized English language drama and I think most would agree that The Glass Menagerie tops the list, but Cat is still my favorite. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Another View: Americans were what they ate Jun 1, 2009
One, the Federal Writers Project, operated in all 48 states and employed more than 4,500 writers, including Studs Terkel, Saul Bellow, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren, Claude McKay, Conrad Aiken, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Kenneth Patchen, John Cheever and Kenneth Rexroth. By February 1943, when the WPA was closed down, these writers had published 1 million words about America. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Memorial Day to be observed May 24, 2009
11 a.m. at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, 600 South C St. Col. Richard Wright, 30th Mission Support Group commander at Vandenberg Air Force Base, will be the keynote speaker. Others include Harley Santos of the American Legion. (Santa Maria Times)
A weekend for remembrance May 23, 2009
n 11 a.m. at the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery, 600 South C St. Col. Richard Wright, 30th Mission Support Group commander at Vandenberg Air Force Base, will be the keynote speaker. Others include Harley Santos of the American Legion. (Santa Maria Times)
Richard Wright Immortalized on Postage Apr 9, 2009
CHICAGO, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Author and former postal employee Richard Wright will be immortalized on a First-Class stamp tomorrow in the lobby of the Chicago Main Post Office on West Harrison Street when the stamp goes on sale nationwide Thursday, April 9, as the 25th inductee into the 's Literary Arts series ... "It was an event Richard Wright helped to bring about with his often controversial writings; writings of a world view on humanity and politics that were far too... (PR Newswire)
Pixelated pop art Mar 25, 2009
The idea was sparked by Pink Floyd's keyboard player, the late Richard Wright. "He said, somewhat provocatively, 'Let's not have one of your photos, we've had your photos before. Can't we have a change? A cool graphic - something smart, tidy, elegant.'". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
New stamps set for rate increase in May Feb 28, 2009
First class, two ounces, 61 cents: Author Richard Wright, wedding cake. Among stamps coming later in the year at the new rates will be. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
WOLF BYTES: Grading the Lobo Beat Writers Feb 20, 2009
By Wolf-Bytes Sports ReporterPosted Feb 19, 2009. Join the Wolf as he goes where no wolf has ever gone before. (TheRedMenace.com)
Black History Month events Feb 13, 2009
Authors on display represent a mixing of African, Caribbean, European and Native American cultures within the U.S. Featured writers include Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Ellison, Charles Gordone, Lorraine Hansberry, Derek Walcott and Richard Wright. The exhibit showcases these writers through portraits, quotes and writings. (The Battalion, TX)
Claudia Roth Pierpont: James Baldwin’s flight from America. Feb 8, 2009
The answer to both questions came from Richard Wright. Although Baldwin seemed a natural heir to the Harlem Renaissance he was born right there, in 1924, and Countee Cullen was one of his schoolteachers the bittersweet poetry of writers like Cullen and Langston Hughes held no appeal for him. (New Yorker)
