Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
Baldwin, J. (1998). Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone: A Novel. Vintage. Summary A major work of American literature that powerfully portrays the anguish of being Black in a…
The Devil Finds Work: An Essay
Baldwin, J. (1976). The Devil Finds Work: An Essay. Summary Probing perhaps more deeply than ever before into American racial practices. --The Nation Baldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a…
I Am Not Your Negro: A Major Motion Picture Directed by Raoul Peck
Baldwin, J., & Peck, R. (2017). I Am Not Your Negro: A Major Motion Picture Directed by Raoul Peck. Vintage. Summary In his final years, Baldwin envisioned a book about his…
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Baldwin, J. (1993). Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son. Vintage. Summary Told with Baldwin's characteristically unflinching honesty, this collection of illuminating, deeply felt essays -- "passionate, probing,…
Sonny’s Blues
Baldwin, J. (2009). Sonny's Blues. Ernst Klett Sprachen. Summary “Sonny’s Blues” is a story authored by James Baldwin and published in 1957. The short story takes place in the center of…
The Black Scholar Interviews: James Baldwin
Baldwin, J. (1973). The Black Scholar Interviews: James Baldwin. The Black Scholar, 5(4), 33-42. Summary Founded in 1969 and hailed by The New York Times as “a journal in which the writings…
James Baldwin: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)
Baldwin, J. (2014). James Baldwin: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations. Melville House. Summary “I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be…
Hispanos in the Valley of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Overdoses, and Suicides in North Central New Mexico
La Luz Baez, Wilfredo. (2022). Hispanos in the Valley of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Overdoses, and Suicides in North Central New Mexico. Abstract New Mexico has had…
The Slave’s Narrative
Davis, C. T., & Gates Jr, H. L. (Eds.). (1991). The Slave's Narrative. Oxford University Press. Summary These autobiographies of Afro-American ex-slaves comprise the largest body of literature produced by slaves…
Mom & Me & Mom
Angelou, M. (2013). Mom & Me & Mom. Virago. Summary The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the…