![]() ![]() The present gathering honors that imperative. ![]() In his Black Atlantic, Paul Gilroy had called for greater attention not only to Wright’s journeys through Africa and Europe but particularly to the writer’s late works. A couple of the contributors to that earlier volume have essays in Richard Wright: Writing America at Home and from Abroad, and Robert Butler and Whatley Smith are represented by two essays each in the current collection, but I see that as the proverbial embarrassment of riches. ![]() It was an opportune placement for the work, given Walker Alexander’s numerous connections to Wright and his history. The first fruit of those plans was the edited volume Richard Wright’s Travel Writings: New Reflections, which appeared in Mississippi’s Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies. As we chatted, she outlined her plans for future work on Richard Wright. ![]() Some years ago I happened to have lunch with Professor Virginia Whatley Smith in Boston during the conference of the American Literature Association. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2016. Richard Wright: Writing America at Home and from Abroad. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Ģ64 CLA JOURNAL Book Reviews Smith, Virginia Whatley, Ed. ![]()
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