"Each of the eight stories in Eight Men focuses on a black man at violent odds with a white world, reflecting Wright's views about racism in our society and his fascination with what he called "the struggle of the individual in America.""--Back cover.

"P.S. insights, interviews & more...p. [1]-32."

The man who was almost a man -- The man who lived underground -- Big black good man -- The man who saw the flood -- Man of all work -- Man, God ain't like that... -- The man who killed a shadow -- The man who went to Chicago.".