Capturing James Baldwin's Legacy Onscreen(newyorker.com)
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Capturing James Baldwin's Legacy Onscreen
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/13/capturing-james-baldwins-legacy-onscreen
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A James Baldwin article making it to the front page on HN. I'm impressed. I saw a documentary about him released during the late 80s / early 90s and I found it informative. I immediately got a bunch of his books afterwards. But I'm finding it difficult deciding which ones to attack first due to his vast body of work.
I've been wanting to diving into my first Baldwin book, but looking at the reviews on Amazon has made be indecisive. I'd certainly like to hear recommendations from people here.
Another Country - fiction
Fire Next Time - nonfiction
You can't go wrong with JB. One of the most beautiful authors in history. His description of humanity - and inhumanity of many in the US - is without parallel, and worthy even more noawadays with the increasing deportation of "undesirable" people like fathers and mothers who are here legally but are brown.
Fire Next Time - nonfiction
You can't go wrong with JB. One of the most beautiful authors in history. His description of humanity - and inhumanity of many in the US - is without parallel, and worthy even more noawadays with the increasing deportation of "undesirable" people like fathers and mothers who are here legally but are brown.
The Fire Next Time. Short and to the point.
Maybe one of the Library of America's Baldwin books?
https://loa.org/books
That's typically the route my local public library goes and how I read the Baldwin I've read.
https://loa.org/books
That's typically the route my local public library goes and how I read the Baldwin I've read.
Baldwin is the only person i've ever seen who truly conveys what it's like to be black in American society. Not just talking about the material reasons but actually conveying the experiential nature of it.