This deluxe edition features James Baldwin's poignant coming-of-age narrative, enriched by a new introduction from Roxane Gay. The book is presented in a visually striking package, enhancing its literary significance and appeal.
Introduction by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Celebrating the centenary of a distinguished essayist, this comprehensive hardcover collection showcases a wide array of his insightful nonfiction works. It highlights his brilliance in tackling diverse themes, reflecting on contemporary issues, and offering profound observations on society and culture. This compilation serves as a tribute to his lasting impact on the literary landscape, inviting readers to explore the depth and richness of his thought-provoking essays.
Focusing on the racial issues in the United States, this influential essay by James Baldwin sparked intense discussion upon its release in 1963. It combines powerful prose with evocative photographs by Steve Schapiro, enhancing its impact and relevance. This new edition celebrates Baldwin's legacy on the occasion of his 100th birthday, reaffirming its significance in African American literature and its ongoing relevance in contemporary discussions about race.
James Baldwin's collection features his powerful essay "The Fire Next Time," which resonates with the civil rights movement and remains vital for understanding race in America. Alongside this, the anthology includes "No Name In the Street," detailing the tumult of the sixties and seventies, "Nobody Knows My Name," a provocative exploration of identity, and "The Devil Finds Work," a critique of American cinema. Baldwin's eloquent prose continues to illuminate contemporary issues of equality, justice, and social change.
A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and special cover art designed by Baldwin's friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. 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. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin's classic narrative delves into the mystery of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.
James Baldwin reist erstmals im Sommer 1951 nach Leukerbad, das, so denkt der Schriftsteller, wenig Ablenkung und somit optimale Voraussetzungen zum Schreiben bieten würde. Die sechshundert Menschen, die in dem von Bergen umringten Walliser Dorf leben, wo es kein Kino gibt und keine Bank, keine Bücherei und kein Theater, haben noch nie einen Schwarzen gesehen, die Kinder rufen ihm »N***r!« hinterher. Im Winter kehrt Baldwin noch zweimal zurück, schließt hier seinen ersten Roman ab und verfasst den Essay »Ein Fremder im Dorf«, der 1953 im Harper’s Magazine erscheint. Ausgehend von der Erfahrung, der einzige Schwarze in einem ausschließlich von Weißen bewohnten Dorf zu sein, schreibt Baldwin über Rassismus und die Geschichte weißer Vorherrschaft. Mehr als sechzig Jahre später, im Sommer 2014, reist Teju Cole nach Leukerbad, Baldwins Essay im Gepäck. In »Schwarzer Körper« tritt Cole mit Baldwin in den Dialog. Sind die älteren Menschen, denen er auf der Straße begegnet, die Kinder von damals? Das Dorf ist gewachsen. Cole ist kein »staunenswerter Anblick«, ist nicht häufiger verstohlenen Blicken ausgesetzt als in Zürich oder New York. Sechzig Jahre trennen die beiden Autoren, ein Ort führt sie zusammen, und obwohl sich die Dinge geändert haben, besteht der Rassismus fort.
This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century US 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 and political turmoil of Baldwin's life. “The Harlem Ghetto” introduces readers to the extremities of life in Baldwin’s native city. “Journey to Atlanta” depicts the faulty relationship between the Black community and the politician, following a quartet called The Melodeers on a trip to Atlanta under the auspices of the Progressive Party. Baldwin concludes this collection with “Notes of A Native Son,” a powerful autobiographical essay about his fractured relationship with his father. The Harlem Ghetto: Essays explores the American condition through a mix of analytic and autobiographical essays. This second collection in the Baldwin centennial anniversary series is Baldwin’s most personal as he grapples with his childhood and his own affinity with Blackness.
A stunning edition of James Baldwin's timeless novel, with a new introduction by bestselling novelist Brit Bennett and special cover art designed by Baldwin's friend and contemporary Beauford Delaney From one of our greatest writers, James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk is a profoundly moving novel about love in the face of injustice that is as socially resonant today as it was when it was first published. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions--affection, despair, and hope. In a love story that evokes the blues, where passion and sadness are inevitably intertwined, Baldwin has created two characters so alive and profoundly realized that they are unforgettably ingrained in the American psyche.
“I am completely indebted to Jimmy Baldwin’s prose. It liberated me as a writer.”—Toni Morrison This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwin’s 100th-year anniversary, probing the shortcomings of the American protest novel and the harmful representations of Black identity in film and fiction 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 as a social and literary critic. “Autobiographical Notes” outlines Baldwin’s journey as a Black writer and his hesitant transition from fiction to nonfiction. In the following essays, Baldwin explores the Black experience through the lens of popular media, critiquing the ways in which Black characters—in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, and the 1950s film Carmen Jones—are reduced to digestible caricatures. Everybody’s Protest Novel: Essays is the first of 3 special editions in the James Baldwin centennial anniversary series. Through this collection, Baldwin examines the façade of progress present in the novels of Black oppression. These essays showcase Baldwin’s profound ability to reveal the truth of the Black experience, exposing the failure of the protest novel, and the state of racial reckoning at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement.
Celebrating the Centenary of James Baldwin's birth, a box set of Baldwin's principal novels, featuring Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovanni's Room, and If Beale Street Could Talk. These deluxe editions feature new introductions by Roxane Gay, Kevin Young, and Brit Bennett.