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  • The Fire Next Time

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movement in the 1960s—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. • "The finest essay I’ve ever read.” —Ta-Nehisi CoatesAt once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an ... Read more

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  • Giovanni's Room

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel whose frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance was decades ahead of its time—named one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the past 100 years“Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.”—The New York TimesIn 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and ... Read more

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  • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    by James Baldwin ...
    Drawing on James Baldwin's own boyhood in a religious community in 1930s Harlem, his first novel tells the story of young Johnny Grimes. Johnny is destined to become a preacher like his father, Gabriel, at the Temple of the Fire Baptized, where the church swells with song and it is as if 'the Holy Ghost were riding on the air'. But he feels only scalding hatred for Gabriel, whose fear and ... Read more

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  • James Baldwin: The Last Interview

    and other Conversations

    by James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe ...
    Series series The Last Interview Series
    Never before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwin“I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only.” When, in the fall of 1987, the poet Quincy Troupe traveled to the south of France to interview James Baldwin, Baldwin’s brother David told him to ask Baldwin about everything—Baldwin was critically ... Read more

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  • The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American Negro

    by Professor James Baldwin ...
    Series series ERIS gems
    “It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not, in its whole system of reality, evolved any place for you”.James Baldwin was one of America’s most powerful analysts of the psychology of white supremacy. In this speech, delivered in 1965 at the Cambridge Union Society, he offers a devastating, but also ... Read more

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  • Another Country

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    **From one of the most important American novelists of the twentieth century—a novel of sexual, racial, political, artistic passions, set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France.“Brilliant and fiercely told.”—The New York Times**One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 YearsStunning for its emotional intensity and haunting sensuality, this book depicts men and women, blacks and ... Read more

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  • Go Tell It on the Mountain

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    James Baldwin’s bestselling first novel—a coming-of-age story that depicts incredible resilience in pursuit of self-invention, now hailed as an American classic“A novel of extraordinary sensitivity and poetry.”—Chicago TribuneOriginally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was James Baldwin’s first major work, based in part on his own childhood in Harlem. With lyrical precision, ... Read more

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  • If Beale Street Could Talk

    by James Baldwin ...
    Series series Vintage International
    James Baldwin's timeless, bestselling novel of love and solidarity in the face of injustice—the beloved classic that inspired the major motion picture directed by Barry Jenkins“One of the best books James Baldwin has ever written—perhaps the best of all.”—The Philadelphia InquirerTish is nineteen years old and in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child. Tish and Fonny have ... Read more

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  • Six Centuries of English Poetry: Tennyson to Chaucer

    by James Baldwin ...
    Now appeared the English romantic school, a sect of 'dissenters in poetry,' who spoke out aloud, kept themselves close together, and repelled settled minds by the audacity and novelty of their theories. They had violently broken with tradition, and leaped over all classical culture, to take their models from the Renaissance and the middle-age. They sought, in the old national ballads and ancient ... Read more

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  • The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North

    by James Baldwin ...
    “You must rise early in the morning,” said Dame Louhi, the Wise Woman of the North. She stood at the door of her chamber and looked back into the low-raftered hall where her daughter was spinning. Her face was wrinkled and grim, her thin lips were puckered over her toothless mouth, her gray-green eyes sparkled beneath her shaggy eyebrows. She paused and listened. No answer came from her busy ... Read more

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  • The Book-lover: A Guide to the Best Reading

    by James Baldwin ...
    "The Book-lover: A Guide to the Best Reading" is a compelling exploration of literature that celebrates the joy of reading. James Baldwin, a renowned author and social critic, shares his insights on the transformative power of books. Through a curated selection of literary works, Baldwin invites readers to engage with diverse voices and perspectives. His passion for literature shines through as he ... Read more

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  • Hero Tales

    by James Baldwin ...
    "Hero Tales" is a collection of short stories written by James Baldwin. The book features tales of heroism and valor, often drawing inspiration from mythology, folklore, and historical events. James Baldwin (18411925) was an American educator, author, and editor who contributed significantly to children's literature.In "Hero Tales," Baldwin likely presents narratives that celebrate virtues such as ... Read more

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