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After asserting that “the Negro problem in America is not beyond solution,” Wright dropped a parenthetical that portended a core tension in his future work: “I write from a country—Mexico—where people of all races and colors live in harmony and without racial prejudices or theories of racial superiority. Whites and Indians live and work and die her... See more
Hannah Giorgis • When Making Art Means Leaving the United States
Wright (2004: 82-88 and 2005: 69-79) emphasizes what he sees to be Paul’s anti-imperial themes throughout his writings, and I am indebted to him for the concept of Jesus’ vs. Caesar’s lordship.
Joshua P. Steele • You're Reading Romans 13 Wrong! Here's How to Read It Correctly
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Wright did not see himself as a washed-up case. He must have looked and sounded like the past, the shadow of Grosvenor Cleveland’s America. But he was vital, energetic. He had long believed that an honest arrogance was preferable to a hypocritical modesty. From criticism, he took combative inspiration.
Henry Oliver • Second Act
So Wright had learned to yield nothing, to dominate his own fate. He knew what Whitman knew, that ‘from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall forth something to make a greater struggle necessary’.44
Henry Oliver • Second Act
Wright, Robert. NonZero: The Logic of Human Destiny. New York: Pantheon Books, 2000.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
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