James baldwin books

Take a look at these African American classics that you probably didn't have to read in your English classes -- but should!

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' Baldwin's ground-breaking second novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time 'Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous' Caryl Phillips 'Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring' Guardian David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense…

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin my latest cover for Penguin books

First edition of the James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, designed by Paul Bacon. From Wikipedia: It contains two essays: “My Dungeon Shook – Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation” and “Down At The Cross – Letter from a Region of My

Elizabeth Grant-Campbell reviews I Am Not Your Negro, a new film about radical writer and activist James Baldwin, and Dave Sewell looks at the work and politics of a unique fighter against oppression

Summary: The story centers around Sonny, a jazz musician and heroin addict, and his fights and reconciliations with his brother. All of his struggle comes out in his music, the only way he can truly communicate what haunts him.Excerpt: "All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within, and the music enters, what we mainly hear, or hear corroborated, are personal, private, vanishing evocations. But the man who…

A guide to James Baldwin's best books to start with, by the author of Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today.

Amazon.com: Just Above My Head: A Novel: 9780385334563: Baldwin, James: Books

On the 60th anniversary of the publication of the groundbreaking novel Giovanni’s Room, America seems to be in the throes of a Baldwin revival.