Echo Tree By Henry Dumas, Edited by Eugene B. Redmond, Introduction by John Keene 424 Pages. Coffee House Press. $19.95. One senses in the life and work of midcentury black authors a restlessness, a desire for re-invention. The most acclaimed figures of this period - Richard Wright in the 40s, Ralph Ellison in the 50s, and James Baldwin in the 60s - all struggled with fame in their later life.
New Releases: Echo Tree by Henry Dumas
New Releases: Echo Tree by Henry Dumas
New Releases: Echo Tree by Henry Dumas
Echo Tree By Henry Dumas, Edited by Eugene B. Redmond, Introduction by John Keene 424 Pages. Coffee House Press. $19.95. One senses in the life and work of midcentury black authors a restlessness, a desire for re-invention. The most acclaimed figures of this period - Richard Wright in the 40s, Ralph Ellison in the 50s, and James Baldwin in the 60s - all struggled with fame in their later life.