‘American Fiction,’ ‘Origin’ and the Pressures Black Writers Face

The movies explore what happens when authors who focus exclusively on racism in their work push back against political and commercial stresses. “We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame,” a young Langston Hughes proclaimed…

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