Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written.
“A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about …
Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written.
“A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity.” —Langston Hughes, The New York Times Book Review
“Written with bitter clarity and uncommon grace.” —Time
175 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1963 by Beacon Press.
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English language
Published Jan. 24, 1963 by Dial Press.
175 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1965 by Beacon Press.
149 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1964 by Bantam Books.
175 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1955 by The Beacon Press.
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1964 by Joseph.
English language
Published Jan. 24, 1964 by Joseph.
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