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James Baldwin was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays, especially The Fire Next Time, are among the most celebrated in American letters.

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Notes of a Native Son
Baldwin's searing account of his father's death, the Harlem riot, and what it means to be Black in America — one of the defining essays of the twentieth century.
Notes of a Native Son
Sonny’s Blues
Sonny’s Blues
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Stranger in the Village
Stranger in the Village
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Autobiographical Notes
Autobiographical Notes
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Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son
Baldwin's searing account of his father's death, the Harlem riot, and what it means to be Black in America — one of the defining essays of the twentieth century.
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Sonny’s Blues
Sonny’s Blues
First published in 1957, “Sonny’s Blues,” perhaps Baldwin’s best known and most widely anthologized short story, was later collected in the volume Going to Meet the Man (1965).
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Stranger in the Village
Stranger in the Village
From all available evidence no black man had ever set foot in this tiny Swiss village before I came.
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Autobiographical Notes
Autobiographical Notes
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