The Transformation of Self and Other: Restorative Justice in Richard Wright’s Native SonFootnote¹

[1] This article was originally prepared as a paper for presentation at the annual meeting of the Justice Studies Association, ‘The Birth of a New World: Creating Justice‐For‐All, Sustainable Communities,’ June 2–4, 2005, at the University of Hartford. Numbered references to Native Son follow the restored text established by the Library of America and published by Harper Perennial Classics, 1993.

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