"Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. Includes his companion essay, 'Memories of My Grandmother'."--

"Native Son and Black Boy are classics of twentieth-century American literature -- and yet the novel and memoir known to millions of readers are in fact revised and abbreviated versions of the books Richard Wright wrote. This two-volume Library of America edition presents for the first time Wright's major works in the form in which he intended them to be read. The authoritative new texts, based on Wright's original typescripts and proofs, reveal the...

Rise of the Lycans is set mostly within the walls of vampire lord Viktorś (Bill Nighy) castle, so the filmś silver, black, and blue palette reflects a world happening under moonlight. From the outset, when Viktor brings Lucian, the first werewolf, into the world, this villainous bloodsuckerś daughter, Sonja (Rhona Mitra), is smitten with Lucianś hairy appearance and instinctual intelligence. As years pass, Lucian grows tired of watching his race...