![]() ![]() ![]() In numerous essays, novels, plays and public speeches, the eloquent voice of James Baldwin spoke of the pain and struggle of black Americans and the saving power of brotherhood.Īdditionally, as Michael Cuby notes in his Vice article on I Am Not Your Negro, a 2017 documentary about the author, "it's important to remember that not only was James Baldwin unapologetically black, but he was also unapologetically queer." Cuby also writes:įor every The Fire Next Time, Baldwin's 1963 book of "letters" about the racial injustices he experienced growing up in Harlem, he also wrote a Go Tell It on the Mountain, his 1953 novel about a young black boy discovering himself, featuring a number of allusions to his developing homosexuality. Whether he was working in Paris or Istanbul, he never ceased to reflect on his experience as a black man in white America. Why? The opening paragraph of a short biographical piece on Baldwin from the American Masters series's webpage answers that question:Īlthough he spent a great deal of his life abroad, James Baldwin always remained a quintessentially American writer. If ever there was a time for a cinematic James Baldwin adaptation-and thus a resurgence in interest in the author (because these things so often go hand in hand), that time is now. ![]()
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