Uncle Tom's Children

A flawed, but incredibly powerful collection of stories.

It serves as a commentary on the Jim Crowe South…and also oddly on (the awkwardness of?) Communist idealism. It also has some beautiful use of idiomatic language, terrific characters, and insane dramatic tension.

Etchings are by John Wilson for the story Down by the Riverside.
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Bookwomble I bought this about 15 years ago after reading Native Son, but haven't got to it yet. Useful to know it's worth keeping hold of 🙂 1y

Graywacke @Bookwomble it‘s maybe outside your (rather expansive) normal fair, but definitely rewarding. The cathartic affect of the drama here actually bothered him immensely, and led him to change his approach when writing Native Son, 1y

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Uncle Tom's Children | Richard Wright

Started a new book this morning.

#RichardWright is a planned 2023 theme for me. This collection of novellas was his first published book, originally published in 1938 and expanded in 1940.

erzascarletbookgasm Someone‘s not too pleased being a model for your photo 😁 1y

dabbe Want to kiss that puppy nose! ❣️🐾❣️ 1y

Graywacke @erzascarletbookgasm definitely lazy dog abuse. 🙂 @dabbe I promise you, you do not want to kiss that particular nose. 😳 1y

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sarahbellum Hi, puppy! 🤩 1y

dabbe @Graywacke 🤣🤣🤣 I'll settle for the top of the head! 1y

Graywacke @dabbe much safer. 😂 @sarahbellum she would say hi back, but we have people in the house and she doesn‘t like that. (I‘m understating this) So she‘s in doggy daycare for the day. 1y

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Uncle Tom's Children | Richard Wright

A day in San Francisco and a first time visit to City Lights Books…

vivastory 💙 Pocket Poets. I used to almost always carry a different volume around with me. 1y

sarahbarnes It was so cool to visit that bookstore! I hope to get back there sometime. 1y

Leftcoastzen Probably my favorite bookstore in the world! I‘d buy a couple books and go get an Anchor Steam or cocktail at Vesuvio. Used to live there SF, not City Lights! I can almost smell the slightly musty basement. 1y

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Graywacke @vivastory i was just looking for something by Ferlinghetti, who founded the store. No clue about that book. ☺️ ( Ferlinghetti is the editor) (edited) 1y

Graywacke @sarahbarnes I‘ve wanted to visit it for probably 12 yrs now, when I first heard about it online. It was a nice stop 1y

Graywacke @Leftcoastzen SF is special. Reminds of the movie Barcelona. Something like: BARCELONA MODEL: “I heard NY is the most beautiful city in America.” AMERICAN: “no, that‘s San Francisco” 1y

Tamra Oh, so envious! 😄 1y

Graywacke @Tamra definitely a little life goal checked off. (Next Powells, or, better, Shakespeare‘s in Paris…) 1y

BarbaraBB Lovely! I went there too when visiting SF! 1y

Graywacke @BarbaraBB cool. A much longer trip for you. And, yeah, lovely. 1y

arubabookwoman My 1st visit there was in 1969 when I visited my now husband who was going to summer school at Stanford & I was on my way back to Tulane from visiting my parents in Singapore. The store was much smaller then, & Ferlinghetti was sitting in the back, reading I think, but also conversing with various customers, while we were browsing. I was awed. I bought 2 of his poetry books, which I still have. 1y

Graywacke @arubabookwoman That‘s a wonderful story. And what a series of places 1y

Bookwomble @arubabookwoman What s wonderful memory to have 💖😊 1y

bnp Woo hoo! 1y

Graywacke @bnp ☺️ 1y

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