Books with author Richard Knight

Includes Native Son, now an HBO original movie by Rashid Johnson, with a screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks and starring Ashton Sanders.Native Son exploded on the American literary scene in 1940. The story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man living in the raw, noisy, crowded slums of Chicago’s South Side, captured the hopes and yearnings, the pain and rage of black Americans with an unprecedented intensity and vividness. The text printed in this volume restores the changes and cuts—including the replacement of an entire scene—that Wright was forced to make by book club editors who feared offending their readers. The unexpurgated version of Wright’s electrifying novel shows his determination to write honestly about his controversial protagonist. As he wrote in the essay “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born,” which accompanies the novel: “I became convinced that if I did not write Bigger as I saw and felt him, I’d be acting out of fear.”This volume also contains Wright’s first novel, Lawd Today!, published posthumously in 1963, and his collection of stories, Uncle Tom’s Children, which appeared in 1938. Lawd Today! interweaves news bulletins, songs, exuberant wordplay, and scenes of confrontation and celebration into a kaleidoscopic chronicle of the events of one day—February 12—in the life of a black Chicago postal worker. The text for this edition reinstates Wright’s stylistic experiments, and the novel emerges as a far livelier work of the imagination.Uncle Tom’s Children first brought Wright to national attention when it received the Story Prize for the best work submitted to the Federal Writers’ Project. The characters in these tales struggle to survive the cruelty of racism in the South, as Wright asks “what quality of will must a Negro possess to live and die with dignity in a country that denied his humanity.” All five stories Wright included in the 1940 second edition are published in this volume, along with his sardonic autobiographical essay “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow.”Richard Wright was “forged in injustice as a sword is forged,” wrote Ernest Hemingway. With passionate honesty and courage, he confronted the terrible effects of prejudice and intolerance and created works that explore the deepest conflicts of the human heart.This Library of America edition presents for the first time Wright’s works in the form in which he intended them to be read. The authoritative new texts, based on Wright’s original typescripts and proofs, reveal the full range and power of his achievement as an experimental stylist and as a fiery prophet of the tragic consequences of racism in American society. The volume includes notes on significant changes in Wright’s text and a detailed chronology of his life.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright’s powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country.

If you want a Young Adult novel with comedy, zombies, and wrestling, pick up A Boy and His Corpse today!When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will WRESTLE!Teenage necromancer, Alan Chandler, wants to start an undead wrestling federation with his pet corpse, Mort, but his strict father wants him to raise corpses for the military instead. What's a boy to do? When a mad dictator threatens to start World War 3, Alan doesn't have much of a choice. It's either follow his dreams, or become the necromancer his father always wanted him to be. Either way, there's going to be some dead men walking.Praise for A Boy and His Corpse!The story itself is a fresh one which I haven't read before, and that alone makes it more than worthwhile reading. For someone to write a story which is different from other books in the market is a feat, and this author has definitely managed to achieve that. - Fiona's Book ReviewsAre you looking for a twist on a zombie book to sink your teeth into look no further Richard B Knight will deliver with his book A Boy & His Corpse. - Read Between the Lines ReviewsKnight offers a fresh spin on some redundant and often trite genres, it’s got a dash of political drama, a hint of horror, and thick layer of zombie tossed in just for some fun. - J.L. Hickey, author of Secret Seekers SocietyScroll up and grab a copy today.

Probably the most comprehensive and interesting book ever written about a single train, this book examines the Southern Pacific's "Daylight" train in every possible detail. Packed with black and white photos, you can see every part of the train as well as the stations, passengers, furnishings, etc. Over 1000 illustrations, including schematics of the equipment, maps, time tables, interior color schemes and mixing lists, rosters and consists. 656 pages.

When Abby ventures into the old barn behind her house, she discovers a diary that connects her with a girl who lived there long ago. Rebecca becomes her true friend, but will time tear them apart?Abby McBride knows a little about her family history, like the fact that their property used to be a farm, complete with horses and other animals. Her dad always talks about tearing down the old barn, which is nearly falling apart, so Abby takes what could be her last chance to explore it, and she discovers an amazing treasure: dozens of old photographs and antiques, as well as the diary of a young girl named Rebecca, who lived in 1910. As she reads the diary, Abby learns more about what life was like back then, and she begins to think of Rebecca as a friend. Even though the two girls are separated by time, Rebecca is there for Abby when she needs her, and just maybe, Abby can be there for Rebecca , too.