The Harlem Ghetto: Essays by James Baldwin Hardcover Book

Description: The Harlem Ghetto by James Baldwin This collectible edition celebrates James Baldwins 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century USThis collectible edition celebrates James Baldwins 100th-year anniversary, revealing and critiquing the realities of Black life in mid-century USOriginally published in Notes of a Native Son, the essays "The Harlem Ghetto," "Journey to Atlanta," and "Notes of a Native Son" will appeal to those interested in the personal and political turmoil of Baldwins life."The Harlem Ghetto" introduces readers to the extremities of life in Baldwins native city. "Journey to Atlanta" depicts the faulty relationship between the Black community and the politician, following a quartet called The Melodeers on a trip to Atlanta under the auspices of the Progressive Party. Baldwin concludes this collection with "Notes of A Native Son," a powerful autobiographical essay about his fractured relationship with his father.The Harlem Ghetto- Essays explores the American condition through a mix of analytic and autobiographical essays. This second collection in the Baldwin centennial anniversary series is Baldwins most personal as he grapples with his childhood and his own affinity with Blackness. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of Americas foremost writers. His writing explores palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-twentieth-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his home in the south of France. He is the author of several novels and books of nonfiction, including Notes of a Native Son, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Giovannis Room, Another Country, Tell Me How Long the Trains Been Gone, If Beale Street Could Talk, Just Above My Head, The Fire Next Time, No Name in the Street, and The Evidence of Things Not Seen, and of the poetry collection Jimmys Blues. Table of Contents The Harlem GhettoJourney to AtlantaNotes of a Native Son Review "A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity."—Langston Hughes, The New York Times Book Review"He named for me the things you feel but couldnt utter. . . . Jimmys essays articulated for the first time to white America what it meant to be American and a black American at the same time."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Details ISBN0807018651 Author James Baldwin Pages 56 Publisher Beacon Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780807018651 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-07-02 Imprint Beacon Press Subtitle Essays Place of Publication Boston, MA Country of Publication United States Audience General US Release Date 2024-07-02 Series James Baldwin Centennial ISBN-10 0807018651 UK Release Date 2024-07-02 DEWEY 814.54 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160769511;

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