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My brain cannot fathom the genius of James Baldwin. He says things off the cuff in an interview which would take years of work for another writer to come up with.

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0

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5.0

His writing always feels like a breath of fresh air. He confirms what we as Black Americans, Black PEOPLE, know to be true in the deepest parts of ourselves but may have not had the chance to fully bring to the surface to examine. Always emit reading his words. A brilliant mind.

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

i too think we’re gonna be better than we are. and did this maybe make me think my novel was shit? perhaps yes. and did i need that, probably.

gonna think also about “it’s called another country. it’s about this country” for a good while.

picked this up in chicago n read it in montana, another country.

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4.0

There's something uniquely special about gaining access to a beloved author's thoughts formulated and articulated in real-time during a conversation, even more when that author is someone as fervent and forthright as James Baldwin. The conversations presented here were selected with care—interviewers were close friends to Baldwin, fellow writers or artists, and humans who share similar struggles of being Black in America, and being Black and gay in the world.

I'm sure I'll enjoy this entire collection of last interviews from Penguin Random House.

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