Now when Black Boy was published there was a war bond advertisement on the back cover of the book.

当《黑孩子》出版时,战争债券的广告是附在书后的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Yes, this is a book about the privations of growing up in the South poor and black, but it is very much, very consciously, a book about the development of someone who attends to language.

书的着重点的确是,记述在南方成长的穷孩子，但作者刻意地描述了，一个关注语言人的成长经历。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选