Adam King： I work at the James Baldwin School, a small transfer school in Manhattan. For our students' interview, we read a piece of "Notes to a Native Son" where Baldwin talks about him and his aunt travelling out to see his dying father. The interpretations the students of the text astonishes me every time. Baldwin still spe......aks to a generation of youth who are more likely to slide open a phone than crack open a book.
Charles Reese Today (11/14), I had the most amazing meeting as it pertains to filming the play version of The James Baldwin Project for a limited theatrical release along with a special DVD version in celebration of the upcoming 10th Anniversary of the original Off-Broadway production for 2010. (And so it is). NOW, how many people REALLY want to support this vision?
Contessa I love "Another Country" and "Sonny's BLues"!!! This man was one of the best writers to ever have lived, a true genius and inspiration!!
Darell Stokes The blues and Mr. Charlie was the first book I ever read about people like myself. I instantly fell in love. I became a fan in the 9th grade and could not get enough of his work. I am proud to look at my bookshelf and see all of his work there for me to get lost in over and over again. Thank you James Baldwin for enriching my life.
Dia： MY MOTHER BIRTHDAY...50TH .....TODAY....THANKS....MOM
John：
You've always told me, it takes time. It's taken my father's time. It's
taken my mother's time. My uncle's time, my brothers and sisters time.
My nieces and my nephews time. How much time do you want for your
'progress'?
-James Baldwin
Diana Gutierrez "Going to meet the man" is one of the most powerful stories i've ever read, and is timeless.. GENIUS.
Stan Johnson： It is certain, in any case, that ignorance allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
Jeffrey Petit-Bois： Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true that the safety is always necessarily an illusion. Artists are here to disturb the peace.
Nick Rose： Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.
Leslye When James Baldwin closed his eyes for the last time, all of us in the Black community who were acutely aware of the world around us understood that we had not simply lost someone who was a literary genius. We understood that we lost something more formidable and irreplaceable. We had lost a brother!!
Isabel He is an inspiration. ♥
Courtney
Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in
love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many
Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about
homosexuality.
James A. Baldwin
Dennis Chavis： James Baldwin was absolutely one of the best writers of the 20th century... If not the best... Some of his best literary works are " Just Above My Head and Another Country, two of my favorites! The characters portrayed in those two novels are mesmerizing, intoxicating and spellbinding... When I lived in Germany, I ha......d the pleasure of reading a lot of his works... and to this day, anything I find in hard cover and closer to the 1st edition copies, I try to purchase...
