{"product_id":"this-world-is-not-my-w-lawrence-hogue-9781625347084","title":"This World Is Not My Home: A Critical Biography of African American Writer Charles Wright","description":"\u003cp\u003e In the 1960s, Charles Wright's (1932-2008) star was on the rise. After dropping out of high school and serving in the Korean War, the young Black writer landed in New York, where he was mentored by Norman Mailer, signed a book deal with a leading publisher, and was celebrated by the likes of Langston Hughes and James Baldwin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Over the decades to follow, Wright would lead a peripatetic and at times precarious life, moving between Tangier, Veracruz, Paris, and New York, penning a regular column for the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, living off the goodwill of his friends, and battling addiction and, later, mental health issues. As W. Lawrence Hogue shows, Wright's innovative fiction stands apart, offering a different vision of outcast Black Americans in the postwar era and using satire to bring agency and humanity to working-class characters. This critical biography--the first devoted to Wright's significant but largely forgotten story--brings new attention to the writer's impressive body of work, in the context of a wild, but troubled, life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Lawrence Hogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625347081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625347084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.14w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"W. Lawrence Hogue","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076511297791,"sku":"9781625347084","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aaebad7-56ef-4780-a07a-6c5a43ece9d8.jpg?v=1685465397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-world-is-not-my-w-lawrence-hogue-9781625347084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}