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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Richard Wright on H. L. Mencken

Richard Wright on reading H. L. Mencken for the first time, and seeing the doors of an entire world thrown open to him. 

Perhaps there should be a plaque outside the Memphis library where Wright, with his borrowed library card and note from his white boss, strode in to begin his career in literature.
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