Richard Wright

Domestic News

Where does ungrieved grief go? | What do we do with our battles won? | Burned bird blues | An ode to book margins

July 30, 2026 fwstaff
Donations are requested for the reinstatement of the Richard Wright Library in Hinds County, MS, shut down for lack of funds and several times vandalized from 2020 onwards – a glass case with Richard Wright […]
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Domestic News

On the dedication of Black boy | For the time that does not escape me | My words are my army | The hidden boxes syndrome in our history

July 3, 2026 fwstaff
ON THE DEDICATION OF BLACK BOY – a poem dedicated to my father, Richard Wright when you dedicated Black Boy to my mother and me writing for Ellen and Julia who live always in my […]
The poet’s father, Richard Wright, 1908 - 1960
Domestic News

On the dedication of Black Boy | For the time that does not escape me | My words are my army | The hidden boxes syndrome in our history

June 22, 2026 fwstaff
ON THE DEDICATION OF BLACK BOY – a poem dedicated to my father, Richard Wright when you dedicated Black Boy to my mother and me writing for Ellen and Julia who live always in my […]
Black Boy by Richard Wright
International News

Grave-lorn – a poem for Richard Wright’s 117 birthday | The capacity for joy – a Gaza poem | Gaza’s arks | Who are the blind ones?

September 21, 2025 fwstaff
GRAVE-LORN – A POEM FOR RICHARD WRIGHT’S 117 BIRTHDAY Greetings Folks, September 4th was the 117th birthday of my father. I wrote the poem below for him. This year is also the 80th year of […]