Baldwin, James 1924-1987

Collected essays by James Baldwin( Book )
8 editions published in 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,256 libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Here are the complete texts of his early landmark collections, Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961), which established him as an essential intellectual voice of his time, fusing in unique fashion the personal, the literary, and the political. The classic The Fire Next Time (1963), perhaps the most influential of his writings, is his most penetrating analysis of America's racial divide, and an impassioned call to "end the racial nightmare ... and change the history of the world." The later volumes No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976) chart his continuing response to the social and political turbulence of his era. A further thirty-six essaysnine of them previously uncollected - include some of Baldwin's earliest published writings, as well as revealing later insights into the language of Shakespeare, the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the music of Earl Hines.

Blues for Mister Charlie, a play by James Baldwin( Book )
13 editions published between 1964 and 2005 in English and held by 2,201 libraries worldwide
Three act drama on an interracial theme.

Early novels and stories : Go tell it on the mountain ; Giovanni's room ; Another country ; Going to meet the man by James Baldwin( Book )
13 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 2,180 libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Early Novels and Stories presents the novels and short stories that established Baldwin's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Giovanni's Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Going To Meet the Man (1965) collects Baldwin's short fiction, including the masterful "Sonny's Blues," the unforgettable portrait of a jazz musician struggling with drug addiction in which Baldwin came closest to defining his goal as a writer.

No name in the street by James Baldwin( Book )
36 editions published between 1972 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 2,168 libraries worldwide

The evidence of things not seen by James Baldwin( Book )
11 editions published between 1985 and 1995 in English and French and held by 1,865 libraries worldwide
Focusing on the murders of Afro-American children in Atlanta in 1979 and 1980, Baldwin examines race relations in America and the inequities of the criminal justice system.

A rap on race by Margaret Mead( Book )
18 editions published between 1971 and 1984 in 6 languages and held by 1,835 libraries worldwide

The price of the ticket : collected nonfiction, 1948-1985 by James Baldwin( Book )
10 editions published in 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,828 libraries worldwide
Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience.

The amen corner; a play by James Baldwin( Book )
15 editions published between 1954 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,748 libraries worldwide

The devil finds work : an essay by James Baldwin( Book )
22 editions published between 1976 and 2011 in English and held by 1,565 libraries worldwide
Studies how racism has been portrayed in American movies, and discusses how Hollywood's views about racism have influenced the rest of the nation.

Jimmy's blues : selected poems by James Baldwin( Book )
5 editions published between 1983 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,271 libraries worldwide
Finally in paperback, here is James Baldwin's only collection of poems. Baldwin's language is deceptively simple--this poetry is easily understood. But the emotions behind the words go to the core not only of the poet's soul, but of America's. Readers will see Baldwin here in both a familiar and an altogether different light.