Life James Wright was born and spent his childhood in Martins Ferry, Ohio. His father worked in a glass factory, and his mother in a laundry. Neither parent had received more than an eighth grade education. Wright suffered a nervous breakdown in 1943, and he graduated a year late from high school, in 1946.
Life James Wright was born and spent his childhood in Martins Ferry Ohio. H,is father worked in a glass factory and his mother in a laundry Neither parent had received more than an eighth grade education. Wright suffered a nervous bre,akdown in 1943, and he graduated a y.ear late from high school, in 1946.