“In July 1941, Richard Wright, then America’s leading Black author, began writing the novel he felt was his masterpiece. Written ‘at white heat,’ … The Man Who Lived Underground was drafted in just six frenzied months. … Following a crushing rejection from Wright’s publisher and a truncated publication as a short story, the novel was shelved for eighty years — until now.” – Esquire

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