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    Giovanni’s Room

    James Baldwin

    Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and…

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    Another Country

    James Baldwin

    After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus’s…

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    Notes of a Native Son

    James Baldwin

    This collection of essays look at the issue of race - attempting to retrieve black people from the abstractions of liberals and racists.

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    Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone

    James Baldwin

    Leo Proudhammer, a successful and famous black American reviews his life and his beliefs in the wake of a serious collapse. He questions the relationship between his people and white…

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    The Fire Next Time

    James Baldwin

    Sounds a clarion warning to the world.

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    If Beale Street Could Talk

    James Baldwin

    Tish is nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. The two families struggle win justice for Fonny.

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    Dark Days

    James Baldwin

    Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry

    Drawing on his own experiences of…

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    Go Tell it on the Mountain

    James Baldwin

    Presents a semi-autobiographical exploration of the troubled life of the Grimes family in Harlem during the Depression.

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    James Baldwin

    Bill V. Mullen

    The biography of one of the world's most influential African-American writers

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    I Am Not Your Negro

    James Baldwin, Raoul Peck

    The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary film    

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    The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American Negro

    James Baldwin

    A devastating, but also strikingly empathetic, account of the role played by racism in American society.

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    Encounter on the Seine

    James Baldwin

    Originally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays, "Encounter on the Seine- Black Meets Brown," "A Question of Identity," "Equal in Paris," and "Stranger in the Village" will…

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    James Baldwin

    Paul Corky

    Delve into the life, work, and legacy of James Baldwin, one of the most influential voices of the 20th century. In this captivating biography, explore Baldwin's journey from his upbringing…

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    On James Baldwin

    Colm Toibin

    Colm Toibin's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's centenary year.

    Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Toibin first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed…

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    Giovanni’s Room

    James Baldwin

    David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. This…

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    God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin

    Baldwin's life and legacy as remembered by a pantheon of artists and writers: from Jamaica Kincaid and Barry Jenkins to Richard Avedon and Alice Neel

    When author James Baldwin died…

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    Encounters with James Baldwin

    Fred D'Aguiar, Paterson Joseph, Tade Thompson, Selina Brown, Zita Holbourne, Peter Kalu

    Celebrating the centenary of the birth of James Baldwin with this wide-ranging volume of short essays, reflections and poetry. This moving collection demonstrates the significant legacy of the writer and…

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    The James Baldwin Collection

    James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Darryl Pinckney

    For the first time in a collector's boxed set, the definitive three-volume Library of America James Baldwin edition gathering all his essential writings, including the collected essays and complete fiction.

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    James Baldwin Box Set

    James Baldwin

    A box set of James Baldwin's principal novels, featuring Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni's Room, and If Beale Street Could Talk.

    Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It…

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    James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”

    Tom Jenks

    A close reading of James Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues" with references to Baldwin's famous essay The Fire Next Time, which provides insight into his life and ideas about art…

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    James Baldwin: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations

    James Baldwin,Quincy Troupe

    Never before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwin

    I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone…

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    James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination

    Matt Brim

    Stepping back to examine the relationship between James Baldwin and queer theory, Brim unveils new critical insights that their complicated pairing provides

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    The Sampo (Esprios Classics)

    James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and administrator. He served as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for 18 years and then went on to become a widely published…

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    Hero Tales (Esprios Classics)

    James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and administrator. He served as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for 18 years and then went on to become a widely published…

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    Fifty Famous Stories Retold

    James Baldwin

    "There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education…

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    Giovanni’s Room (Deluxe Edition)

    James Baldwin

    A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction and a stunning package.

    Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American…

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    The Fire Next Time

    James Baldwin

    At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the…

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    Everybody’s Protest Novel

    James Baldwin

    Originally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays "Autobiographical Notes," "Everybody's Protest Novel," "Many Thousands Gone," and "Carmen Jones- The Dark is Light Enough," showcase Baldwin's incisive voice…

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    The Harlem Ghetto

    James Baldwin

    Originally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays "The Harlem Ghetto," "Journey to Atlanta," and "Notes of a Native Son" will appeal to those interested in the personal…

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    Giovanni’s Room

    James Baldwin

    When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend’s return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to…

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    Fifty Famous People (Esprios Classics)

    James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and administrator. He served as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for 18 years and then went on to become a widely published…

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    Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today

    Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present…

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    Go Tell It on the Mountain (Deluxe Edition)

    James Baldwin

    A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's haunting coming-of-age story, with a new introduction by Roxane Gay and a stunning package.

    Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain…

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    If Beale Street Could Talk (Deluxe Edition)

    James Baldwin

    A stunning edition of James Baldwin's timeless novel, with a new introduction by bestselling novelist Brit Bennett

    From one of our greatest writers, James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk…

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    James Baldwin: Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work (LOA#98)

    James Baldwin

    Collected Essays is the most comprehensive gathering of Baldwin’s nonfiction ever published. The collection confirms his as a uniquely prophetic voice in American letters. Included are such famous essays as…

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    James Baldwin

    Frederick Noland

    James Baldwin is one of 20th America's greatest and most underappreciated writers. Born into poverty, Baldwin pushed against America's race restrictions. He expatriated to Europe but his heart remained in…

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    James Baldwin

    Muzafar Ahmad Bhat

    Born on August 2, 1924, in New York City, James Baldwin published the 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, going on to garner acclaim for his insights on…

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    Kiss Marry Kill

    Daphna Attias, James Baldwin, Terry O'Donovan

    I'm a monster. You can't marry me.

    Jay and Paul are both serving life sentences for homophobic murders. Incredibly, they fall in love and seek permission to marry. Inspired by…

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    The Fire Next Time; Nobody Knows My Name; No Name in the Street; The Devil Finds Work

    James Baldwin

    A major hardcover compendium of nonfiction by one of America's most brilliant essayists, timed to the celebration of his centenary

    Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual James Baldwin is widely regarded…

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    James Baldwin Review

    James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical and creative work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin. This…

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    James Baldwin Now

    An attempt to understand the complexity of the vision and contributions of the African-American writer, James Baldwin, without needing to name him as exclusively homosexual, expatriate, black or activist. A…

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    Conversations with James Baldwin

    Fred L. Standley

    This collection of interviews with James Baldwin covers the period 1961 to 1987, from the year of the publication of Nobody Knows My Names, his fourth book, to just a…

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    James Baldwin in Context

    This volume is for newcomers to Baldwin’s work as well as those who are familiar with that work and with established ways to approach it. The language and perspectives of…

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    James Baldwin: A Biography

    David Leeming

    James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canon– Go Tell It on a Mountain, Giovanni’s Room…

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    Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin

    Herb Boyd

    Baldwin’s Harlem is an intimate
    portrait of the life and genius of one
    of our most brilliant literary minds:

    James Baldwin. Perhaps no other writer is as synonymous with Harlem…

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    Dream Hunters

    James M M Baldwin

    Drew Maerd can't sleep. His disorder is causing problems at work. A concerned coworker suggests he appear on a show about people with odd dreams. A machine allows researchers to…

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    The Furious Passage of James Baldwin

    Fern Marja Eckman

    A profile of the controversial and iconic James Baldwin told largely in his own words to a prize-winning reporter-essentially Baldwin on Baldwin.

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    A Political Companion to James Baldwin

    In A Political Companion to James Baldwin, a group of prominent scholars assess the prolific author’s relevance to present-day political challenges.

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