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Charles Stevenson Wright

Born

in The United States

June 04, 1932

Died

October 01, 2008

Website

http://beatonthestreetharlem.blogspot.com/2008/...

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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In the 1960s and early 1970s, Charles Stevenson Wright (1932–2008) published three passionately idiosyncratic, big-hearted, tragicomedic short novels about mid-20th Century African American existence. He was an innovator who broke with traditional fictional modes and helped negotiate a space for Ishmael Reed, Clarence Major, and other African American avantgardists.

Ismael Reed called his second book, The Wig, “one of the most underrated novels by a black person in this century.”

James Baldwin said: "Charles Wright is a terrific writer, and I hope he goes the distance and lives to be 110." ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 307 ratings · 56 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Messenger really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1963 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wig: A Mirror Image by Charles Stevenson Wright, Ishmael Reed (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About: The Complete Novels of Charles Wright 3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“He looked like an angelic little boy who had been kicked out of his orphanage for failing to take part in group masturbation.”
― Charles Stevenson Wright, The Wig: A Mirror Image

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“Having children is the greatest sin in this country, according to Madam X. After a series of experiments, Madam X has concluded that having children is a very great sin. Hate is an evil disease.”
― Charles Stevenson Wright, The Wig: A Mirror Image

tags: american-dream, children, disenfranchisement, hate, institutional-racism, parenting, racism

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“Progress is our most important product, General Electric says, and I had progressed to the front door of hell when all I had actually been striving for was a quiet purgatory. And I did not find it strange that hell had a soft blue sky, a springlike air, music, dust, laughter, curses.”
― Charles Stevenson Wright, The Wig: A Mirror Image

tags: american-dream, discrimination, disenfranchisement, faces, institutional-racism, melting-pot, race, racism

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