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Richard Wright on Carson McCullers’ <em>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</em>

Richard Wright on Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

“McCullers rises above the pressures of her environment and embraces white and black humanity in one sweep.”

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