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  <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of powerful, sometimes controversial novels, short stories and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerned racial themes. His work helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century.

&lt;i&gt;Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/44217-master-list-of-author-disambiguation-by-spaces&quot;&gt;See this thread for more information.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  ]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Adams County, Mississippi</hometown>  <born_at>09/04/1908</born_at>  <died_at>11/28/1960</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Native Son]]></title>
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  <published>1940</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Black Boy]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <published>1945</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Uncle Tom's Children]]></title>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Outsider]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <published>1953</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Eight Men: Short Stories]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <published>1974</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Rite of Passage]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Haiku]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[12 Million Black Voices]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Lawd Today! (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Arnold Rampersad]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.69</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>36</ratings_count>
  <published>1963</published>  
  
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        <book id="15616">
  <title><![CDATA[The Long Dream (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Wright]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
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  <published>1958</published>  
  
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