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Category: Notes of a Native Son
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A Q&A with Rich Blint | Baldwin’s consistent and insistent interrogation of how the mythology of race, class, and power operates in America to blind and divide us is singular in its analytical depth, sweep, and emotional power. His work reads as a kind of prophecy simply because he was clear about how profoundly dangerous…
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A young Mexican immigrant discovers a new and profound sense of self, identity, and understanding in James Baldwin’s classic text ‘Notes of a Native Son.’
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Eboo Patel writes about a James Baldwin essay that helped guide him as an activist and writer.
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James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of America's foremost writers. His essays, such as "Notes of a Native Son" (1955), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-twentieth-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his…
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Fifty-Five Years Ago Today… Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin Yes, this publicity hit is from February 26, 1958, but we didn't have a blog (much less the not-to-be-missed Beacon Buzz report) back then … The New York Times published this review of James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son, written by Langston Hughes.…
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Browse our African American titles: General Interest | African American History | Fiction and Poetry | Black Women Writers All month long, Beacon Press is offering 20% off and free shipping on all African American Studies titles purchased at Beacon.org. Use promo code FEB2013 at checkout. If you purchase two or more books, you'll also receive an attractive King Legacy Series tote…
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The authors of Gather at the Table embark on their West Coast tour.
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A roundup of suggestions for your new (or old) e-book reader.
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