Native Son (Abridged)Now an HBO Film! If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son. Henry Louis Gates Jr. 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

Abandoned as a baby to a young wealthy couple and raised in a world of privilege

sexual politics

the neighbors

tracing their development from the New Testament through Vatican I and beyond

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Moran holds nothing back in these deeply personal and laugh-out-loud funny essays

wreaking death and panic

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Agatha suspects that they’re missing a wider plot going on below London – a plot involving a disused Tube station

Whether you’re after breakfast with a twist

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and addiction