Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Black Boy, Richard Wright's searing story of growing up in the Jim Crow south and his further self-education as a young man in Chicago.
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Stuff we Mentioned
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabella Wilkerson
Red Emma's bookstore in Baltimore
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Teaching the Controversy - article about teaching Richard Wright and James Baldwin in the age of Ferguson
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Their Eyes were Watching God audio version - read by the amazing Ruby Dee!
The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin
We didn't talk about it, but there's a great article in the NYRB about Wright's late career haikus
What's Up Next
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark