Charles Wright Mills Biography

Charles Wright was an innovator who broke with traditional fictional modes, carving out space for African American avant-gardists. His early works, published in the 1960s and early 1970s, were passionately idiosyncratic, big-hearted, and tragicomic short novels. Wright's writing focused on mid-20th Century African American existence, offering a unique lens on the era. His ability to blend humor and tragedy gives his work depth and resonance.