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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 209
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:43 am: | 
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This is not a new book, going back to 1998, but if you want to read some great classic essays read this one
It was compiled by Toni Morrison and contains
Notes of a Native Son
Nobody Knows My Name
No Name in the Street
The Devil Finds Work
Others uncollected from 1947-1985
And my personal favories
The Fire Next Time (1963)
and one that is relevant in this election year
Notes on the House of Bondage (1980)
I must say that in this time, when everybody is trying to be like a tv pundit, witty, civilized, button down and with the program, these works, which have the attitude of a soapbox street agitator, are unrivaled in their passion and commitment to change. |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 143
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 12:03 pm: |
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Thanks Chris.
Although Baldwin's fiction is great, it is his essays are utterly transcendent. There have been few Americans, Black/White/whatever, who have articulated a position or an argument as clearly and potently as the late-great James Baldwin. |
Mojochica
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Username: Mojochica
Post Number: 7
Registered: 05-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 07:18 pm: |
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Going To Meet The Man is my favorite book by James Baldwin.
I heard that he wrote a book about a white couple in love. Does anyone know the title? |
Reppskearn
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Username: Reppskearn
Post Number: 2
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 07:38 pm: |
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Is it Another Country? Also, there is a collection of his nonfiction writing called The Price of the Ticket. REK |
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