The Many Influences of Richard Wright: An Interview with Jerry W. Ward, Jr

A literary scholar, editor, and writer whose publications include The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery, The China Lectures: African American Critical and Literary Issues, Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry, The Richard Wright Encyclopedia (with Robert J. Butler),...

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Published in:African American review 2017-04, Vol.50 (1), p.17-25
Main Authors: Zheng, John, Ward, Jerry W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014)
Interview
Literature
Poetry
Sermons
Studies
Teachers
Writers
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Summary:A literary scholar, editor, and writer whose publications include The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery, The China Lectures: African American Critical and Literary Issues, Trouble the Water: 250 Years of African American Poetry, The Richard Wright Encyclopedia (with Robert J. Butler), and The Cambridge History of African American Literature (with Maryemma Graham), Ward has been recognized internationally as one of the leading experts on Richard Wright. Unlike a review or journal, the newsletter was a forum for information about new or forthcoming publications, ideas about teaching Wright's works, announcements, brief commentaries by teachers and students, notes on research projects, some short reviews, and miscellaneous items.
ISSN:1062-4783
1945-6182
1945-6182
DOI:10.1353/afa.2017.0001