![]() ![]() His eminence will continue on into 2018, when, in August, Duke University Press will reissue Little Man, Little Man, the only children’s book Baldwin ever wrote. In 2017, he was the subject of a much-praised documentary, had everybody reading Giovanni’s Room on the subway, and, of course, remained a popular participant in the Melville House Last Interview Series. All of this had folks wondering if Baldwin had spied 2017 through a crystal ball, or at least realizing how much he’d seen through through the prevailing power structures of sixties and seventies America, while too many of his contemporaries saw only surface. ![]() ![]() In a universe not far from this one, James Baldwin could have been the Person of the Year (though no complainin’ about this). James Baldwin’s children’s book will publish in 2018 James Baldwin’s children’s book will publish in 2018 » MobyLives ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |