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100	1		_aWright, Richard, 1908-1960,
245	1	0	_aByline, Richard Wright : _barticles from the Daily worker and New masses / _cedited by Earle V. Bryant.
260			_aColumbia, Missouri : _bUniversity of Missouri Press, _c2015
300			_axvii, 282 pages ; _bincludes index
520			_aA selection of more than 100 newspaper articles written by Wright in 1937 and 1938 for the Daily Worker, plus two of Wright's essays for New Masses.
520			_a"A writer perhaps best known for the revolutionary works Black Boy and Native Son, Richard Wright also worked as a journalist during one of the most explosive periods of the 20th century. From 1937 to 1938, Wright turned out more than two hundred articles for the Daily Worker, the newspaper that served as the voice of the American Communist Party. Byline, Richard Wright assembles more than one hundred of those articles plus two of Wright's essays from New Masses, revealing to readers the early work of an American icon. As both reporter and Harlem bureau chief, Wright covered most of the major and minor events, personalities, and issues percolating through the local, national, and global scenes in the late 1930s. Because the Daily Worker wasn't a mainstream paper, editors gave Wright free rein to cover the stories he wanted, and he tackled issues that no one else covered. Although his peers criticized his journalistic writing, these articles offer revealing portraits of Depression-era America rendered in solid, vivid prose. Featuring Earle V. Bryant's informative, detailed introduction and commentary contextualizing the compiled articles, Byline, Richard Wright provides insight into the man before he achieved fame as a novelist, short story writer, and internationally recognized voice of social protest. This collection opens new territory in Wright studies, and fans of Wright's novels will delight in discovering the lost material of this literary great."--Jacket flap.
650		0	_a1.African American journalists
650		0	_a2. African American communists.
650		0	_a3. Journalism, Communist
700	1		_aBryant, Earle V.,
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