Richard Wright, Who’s Been Dead For 60 Years, Has A New Novel Coming Out

“In July 1941, Richard Wright, then America’s leading Black author, began writing the novel he felt was his masterpiece. Written ‘at white heat,’ … The Man Who Lived Underground was drafted in just six frenzied months. … Following a crushing rejection from Wright’s publisher and a truncated publication as a short story, the novel was shelved for eighty years — until now.” – Esquire