Talking at the Gates: A Life of James BaldwinA literary biography describing the life, friends, and work of the American author. |
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Page 63
... thought we'd set him up . I said we didn't set anybody up . We just got a story from the old black writer and an essay from the new . That was all there was to it . But he was very angry . ' On the day the essay was published in the ...
... thought we'd set him up . I said we didn't set anybody up . We just got a story from the old black writer and an essay from the new . That was all there was to it . But he was very angry . ' On the day the essay was published in the ...
Page 258
... thought of The Fire Next Time , I thought of ' The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy ' ; perhaps Baldwin's next great long piece would appear in the New Edinburgh Review , and I would be his editor . Of course , we had no money . Our ...
... thought of The Fire Next Time , I thought of ' The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy ' ; perhaps Baldwin's next great long piece would appear in the New Edinburgh Review , and I would be his editor . Of course , we had no money . Our ...
Page 262
... thought I was newly landed from Edinburgh . Each time I suggested I might leave , Baldwin or Bernard would tell me to stay another night . " There's a party tomorrow evening in Grasse , ' Bernard said one day . ' Why not hang around for ...
... thought I was newly landed from Edinburgh . Each time I suggested I might leave , Baldwin or Bernard would tell me to stay another night . " There's a party tomorrow evening in Grasse , ' Bernard said one day . ' Why not hang around for ...
Contents
Lord I aint No Stranger | 47 |
A Severe Cross | 115 |
Tear This Building Down | 187 |
Copyright | |
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