James Baldwin
Born
in Harlem, New York, The United States
August 02, 1924
Died
November 30, 1987
Genre
Influences
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Giovanni's Room
196 editions
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published
1956
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The Fire Next Time
147 editions
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published
1963
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
190 editions
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published
1953
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If Beale Street Could Talk
123 editions
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published
1974
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Another Country
103 editions
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published
1962
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Notes of a Native Son
80 editions
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published
1955
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Sonny's Blues
14 editions
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published
1957
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Going to Meet the Man
68 editions
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published
1965
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I Am Not Your Negro
by
12 editions
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published
2017
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Nobody Knows My Name
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published
1961
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
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“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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