James Baldwin, author portrait

James Baldwin

James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.
La próxima vez el fuego
The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil FindsWork
If Beale Street Could Talk (Deluxe Edition)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Deluxe Edition)
James Baldwin 3-Book Box Set
Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)
I Am Not Your Negro
Come Out the Wilderness
Giovanni's Room
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Outing
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Devil Finds Work
The Cross of Redemption
One Day When I Was Lost
No Name in the Street
If Beale Street Could Talk
Native Sons
Vintage Baldwin
Just Above My Head
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
The Amen Corner
Blues for Mister Charlie
Going to Meet the Man
Another Country
Nobody Knows My Name
The Fire Next Time

Books

La próxima vez el fuego
The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil FindsWork
If Beale Street Could Talk (Deluxe Edition)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Deluxe Edition)
James Baldwin 3-Book Box Set
Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)
I Am Not Your Negro
Come Out the Wilderness
Giovanni's Room
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Outing
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Devil Finds Work
The Cross of Redemption
One Day When I Was Lost
No Name in the Street
If Beale Street Could Talk
Native Sons
Vintage Baldwin
Just Above My Head
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
The Amen Corner
Blues for Mister Charlie
Going to Meet the Man
Another Country
Nobody Knows My Name
The Fire Next Time

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Books for LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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