| James Baldwin (1) [1924–1987]For other authors named James Baldwin, see the disambiguation page.| 27,218 (38,772) | 602 | 643 |  (4.08) | 151 | 0 | James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in New York. Baldwin's father was a pastor who subjected his children to poverty, abuse, and religious fanaticism. As a result, many of Baldwin's recurring themes, such as alienation and rejection, are attributable to his upbringing. Living the life of a starving artist, Baldwin went through numerous jobs, including dishwasher, office boy, factory worker, and waiter. In 1948, he moved to France, where much work originated. Baldwin published Go Tell It on the Mountain in 1953. A largely autobiographical work, it tells of the religious awakening of a fourteen-year-old. In addition to his childhood experiences, his experiences as a black man and a homosexual provided inspiration for such works as Giovanni's Room, Nobody Knows My Name, and Another Country. Baldwin holds a distinguished place in American history as one of the foremost writers of both black and gay literature. He was an active participant in the Civil Rights movement. Baldwin succumbed to cancer on December 1, 1987. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Go Tell It on the Mountain … (more) |
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Discounted copies of all titles will be available at Little Professor Books in Homewood. Just mention UAB Booktalk when purchasing.
For more information, email Cassandra Ellis, cellis@uab.edu. (Muscogulus)… (more)Event location: Humanities Building 237, 900 13th St. S., Birmingham AL 35233  Required Reading Revisited Book Club - THE FIRE NEXT TIME Remember those books that you were required to read in school? Required Reading Revisited is your chance to take a second (or first) look at some of those books. We meet the second Sunday of every month at 4pm. This month we’ll discuss The Fire Next Time by James BALDWIN. Book club books are 10% off for those attending the meeting! Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) QUINCY TROUPE BOOKSIGNING (James Baldwin: The Last Interview) Never before available, the unexpurgated last interview with James Baldwin“I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only.” When, in the fall of 1987, the poet Quincy Troupe traveled to the south of France to interview James Baldwin, Baldwin’s brother David told him to ask Baldwin about everything—Baldwin was critically ill and David knew that this might be the writer’s last chance to speak at length about his life and work.
The result is one of the most eloquent and revelatory interviews of Baldwin’s career, a conversation that ranges widely over such topics as his childhood in Harlem, his close friendship with Miles Davis, his relationship with writers like Toni Morrison and Richard Wright, his years in France, and his ever-incisive thoughts on the history of race relations and the African-American experience.
Also collected here are significant interviews from other moments in Baldwin’s life, including an in-depth interview conducted by Studs Terkel shortly after the publication of Nobody Knows My Name. These interviews showcase, above all, Baldwin’s fearlessness and integrity as a writer, thinker, and individual, as well as the profound struggles he faced along the way.
Location: Street: 4327 Degnan Blvd Additional: City: Los Angeles, Province: California Postal Code: 90008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Old St. Pat's Book Group The Old St. Pat's Book Group meets at 7 p.m. to discuss Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin. Location: Street: 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60625 Country: United States (added from IndieBound) Voyage Out Book Club - discussing GIOVANNI'S ROOM SUN, JULY 27 at 5PM Join Sarah and Brian C. the last Sunday of every month as we use wonderful books to travel the world. We are currently traveling through Cormac McCarthy's 3 part Border Trilogy, and this month we are reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Diaspora will discuss "Giovanni’s Room," by James Baldwin. Diaspora will discuss Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin. Available in paperback. Please come at least a couple of minutes early (before the store closes at 7 pm), so no one will need to come to the door to let you in. If you are late, though, there’s a doorbell to the left of the front door. Location: Street: 345 S 12th St City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19107-5907 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Queer Literary Fiction (QLF) Book Group James Baldwin , Giovanni's Room. 7:00-8:30pm. This facilitated book group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at Charis to discuss books which feature queer characters/ storylines as well as a strong attention to literary craft and style. Join us in December to talk about Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin, a highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart. Set in 1950s Paris, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. (booksense)… (more)
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