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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 Commu- nist Party. 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. With Earle V. Bryant’s insightful commentary on 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.

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By reading Wright's journalism through the lens of narratology, Bryant is able to foreground insightful analyses of political implications and aesthetic qualities and to tell us many things about the strengths and weaknesses of Wright's accomplishments. Byline is Bryant's effort 'to bring Wright's early newspaper work out obscurity and into the light where it can be read and appreciated.' Resources for American Literary Study Belongs in introductory and advanced reporting classes and seminars studying great books of journalism. With this compilation, Bryant has restored Wright's position in American media history. --American Journalism Times were hard in the Harlem of the late 1930s, very hard. But Byline, Richard Wright reveals that thousands of class-conscious antiracists, both Party members and rank-and-file activists, threw themselves into organizing efforts guided by the vision of a better world. The young journalist who recorded this activity put his considerable talents into the service of this movement. This is a history--both political and literary--that we should honor and share. --American Literary History

Times were hard in the Harlem of the late 1930s, very hard. But Byline, Richard Wright reveals that thousands of class-conscious antiracists, both Party members and rank-and-file activists, threw themselves into organizing efforts guided by the vision of a better world. The young journalist who recorded this activity put his considerable talents into the service of this movement. This is a history--both political and literary--that we should honor and share. --American Literary History

Times were hard in the Harlem of the late 1930s, very hard. But <i>Byline, Richard Wright</i> reveals that thousands of class-conscious antiracists, both Party members and rank-and-file activists, threw themselves into organizing efforts guided by the vision of a better world. The young journalist who recorded this activity put his considerable talents into the service of this movement. This is a history--both political and literary--that we should honor and share. --<i>American Literary History</i>

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Earle V. Bryant is Professor of English at the University of New Orleans where he teaches American and African American literature. He has written extensively on Richard Wright, Charles Chesnutt, and Bernard Malamud and is at work on a book on Dorothy West. A native of Philadelphia, Bryant now lives in New Orleans.

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