Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., on the Urgency of James Baldwin's Lessons

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From The Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengräber

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Sarah M. Broom wishes she read more W. G. Sebald as a teenager.

Sarah M. Broom wishes she read more W. G. Sebald as a teenager.

By Book Marks | September 9, 2020

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian

By Emily Temple | August 19, 2020

Breaking Down the Roiling, Emotional Middle of a James Baldwin Narrative

Breaking Down the Roiling, Emotional Middle of a James Baldwin Narrative

Daniel Joshua Rubin on If Beale Street Could Talk

By Daniel Joshua Rubin | August 19, 2020

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

Eddie Glaude on How Baldwin Confronted America's Most Exceptional Lie

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | July 28, 2020

James Baldwin on how writers need to change their language (and more than their language).

James Baldwin on how writers need to change their language (and more than their language).

By Emily Temple | June 16, 2020

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Ben Lerner Talks to Ocean Vuong About Love, Whiteness, and Toxic Masculinity

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The Anti-Colonial Vision of James Baldwin's Last Two Unfinished Works

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