Big Black Good Man | Critical Overview
Eight Men, the collection in which “Big Black Good Man” first appeared, was published after Wright’s death and contains some of his last writing. The volume is not considered to be among Wright’s most important work, and within the volume, “Big Black Good Man” is not considered to be among the strongest stories.
Most critics were disappointed with Eight Men when it first appeared, judging the stories inferior to Wright’s earlier fiction. One exception was Irving Howe, according to an article by Yoshinobu Hakutani in Dictionary of Literary...
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