Literary Cubs, Canceling Out Each Other’s Reticence

Letters between Federal Writers’ Project cohorts Richard Wright and Nelson Algren depict a mutual admiration rare among young novelists

By David A. Taylor

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David A. Taylor is the author of the recent book Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America and the writer/producer of a new documentary film of the same title scheduled for broadcast this spring.

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