Richard Wright
1) Native son
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Bigger, a young black man in Chicago, kills his first victim in a moment of panic. He then goes on to kill again. The book describes the feelings of freedom and identity Bigger gains from these acts.
2) Black boy
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An autobirography of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Him Crow South.
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1989
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Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the post-slavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. Originally published in 1938, Uncle Tom's Children was the first book from Richard Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of numerous works, most notably the acclaimed novel Native Son and his autobiography, Black Boy.
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2021.
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"Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. Includes his companion essay, 'Memories of My Grandmother'."--
10) Early Works
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1991.
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"Native Son and Black Boy are classics of twentieth-century American literature -- and yet the novel and memoir known to millions of readers are in fact revised and abbreviated versions of the books Richard Wright wrote. This two-volume Library of America edition presents for the first time Wright's major works in the form in which he intended them to be read. The authoritative new texts, based on Wright's original typescripts and proofs, reveal the...
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2005.
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CSL - Adapted for Film or Television
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CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
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CSL - Black Authors
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - Longer Book Club Reads
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Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what...
15) Nightfall
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2016.
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"Retired university professor James Hillyer barely exists after the death of his beloved daughter in her forties. He locates the woman he fell in love with many years ago on a summer trip to Quebec , but Odette's present existence is haunted by ghosts from her own past. The collision of past and present alters their lives"--
16) Peppermint
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[2018]
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A revenge story focusing on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her enemies the very life they took from her.
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[2017]
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"Have you ever heard the phrase "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission?" Violating consent isn't limited to sexual relationships, and our discussions around consent shouldn't be, either. To resist rape culture, we need a consent culture--and one that is more than just reactionary. Left confined to intimate spaces, consent will atrophy as theory that is never put into practice. The multi-layered power disparities of today's world require a...
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Underworld volume 3
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Rise of the Lycans is set mostly within the walls of vampire lord Viktorś (Bill Nighy) castle, so the filmś silver, black, and blue palette reflects a world happening under moonlight. From the outset, when Viktor brings Lucian, the first werewolf, into the world, this villainous bloodsuckerś daughter, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), is smitten with Lucianś hairy appearance and instinctual intelligence. As years pass, Lucian grows tired of watching his race...
19) Underworld
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Underworld volume 1
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2003.
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A beautiful and aristocratic vampire named Selene falls in love with a Lycan, a werewolf, whose people are involed in an ancient war with the vampires.
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[2009]
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A beautiful and aristocratic vampire named Selene falls in love with a Lycan, a werewolf, whose people are involed in an ancient war with the vampires.
A beautiful and aristocratic vampire named Selene falls in love with a Lycan, a werewolf, whose people are involved in an ancient war with the vampires; the vampire Selene, known as a "death dealer," fights to stop the release of the original Lycan; a Lycan slave gathers his fellow werewolves to rise...