About James Baldwin
In 1953, a young James Baldwin published Go Tell It on the Mountain, winning acclaim as a literary star and one of the leading voices of the African-American experience. Although Baldwin would spend the bulk of his adult life in France, his writing always addressed the complexities at the heart of America, viewed through the lens of the consummate outsider.
Novels
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953)
Giovanni's Room (1956)
Another Country (1962)
The Fire Next Time (1963)
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968)
If Beale Street Could Talk (1974)
Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood (1976) (with Yoran Cazac)
Just Above My Head (1979)
Giovanni's Room (1956)
Another Country (1962)
The Fire Next Time (1963)
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968)
If Beale Street Could Talk (1974)
Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood (1976) (with Yoran Cazac)
Just Above My Head (1979)
Collections
Sonny's Blues (1957)
Going to Meet the Man (1965)
Jimmy's Blues: Selected Poems (poems) (1983)
Gypsy: And Other Poems (poems) (1989)
James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories (1998)
Fifty Famous People (2003)
Vintage Baldwin (2004)
Going to Meet the Man (1965)
Jimmy's Blues: Selected Poems (poems) (1983)
Gypsy: And Other Poems (poems) (1989)
James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories (1998)
Fifty Famous People (2003)
Vintage Baldwin (2004)
Plays
Blues for Mister Charlie (1964)
The Amen Corner (1968)
One Day, When I Was Lost: A Scenario Based On the Autobiography of Malcolm X (1972)
The Amen Corner (1968)
One Day, When I Was Lost: A Scenario Based On the Autobiography of Malcolm X (1972)
Non fiction
Notes of a Native Son (1963)
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1964)
Black Antisemitism and Jewish Racism (1970) (with Julius Lester)
Rap on Race (1971) (with Margaret Mead)
Harlem, USA (1971)
No Name in the Street (1972)
A Dialogue (1975) (with Nikki Giovanni)
Devil Finds Work (1976)
The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1985)
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Non-fiction, 1948-85 (1985)
Baldwin: Collected Essays (1998) (with Toni Morrison)
Native Sons: A Friendship That Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century (2004) (with Sol Stein)
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings (2010)
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1964)
Black Antisemitism and Jewish Racism (1970) (with Julius Lester)
Rap on Race (1971) (with Margaret Mead)
Harlem, USA (1971)
No Name in the Street (1972)
A Dialogue (1975) (with Nikki Giovanni)
Devil Finds Work (1976)
The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1985)
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Non-fiction, 1948-85 (1985)
Baldwin: Collected Essays (1998) (with Toni Morrison)
Native Sons: A Friendship That Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century (2004) (with Sol Stein)
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings (2010)
Anthologies containing stories by James Baldwin
Short stories
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Books about James Baldwin
Squaring Off: Norman Mailer v. James Baldwin (1977) by W J Weatherby
James Baldwin (1993) by Randall Kenan and Amy Sickels
James Baldwin (1993) by Randall Kenan and Amy Sickels
James Baldwin recommends
 City Of Night (1963) John Rechy "He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys." |  The Messenger (1963) Charles Wright "Beautiful... taut... THIS IS New York..." |
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