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**__Baldwin's Harlem__ is an intimate portrait of the life and genius of one of our most brilliant literary minds: James Baldwin.**Perhaps no other writer is as synonymous with Harlem as James Baldwin (1924-1987). The events there that shaped his youth greatly influenced Baldwin's work, much of which focused on his experiences as a black man in white America. __Go Tell It on the Mountain__, __The Fire Next Time__, __Notes of a Native Son__, and __Giovanni's Room__ are just a few of his classic fiction and nonfiction books that remain an essential part of the American canon.In Baldwin's Harlem, award-winning journalist Herb Boyd combines impeccable biographical research with astute literary criticism, and reveals to readers Baldwin's association with Harlem on both metaphorical and realistic levels. For example, Boyd describes Baldwin's relationship with Harlem Renaissance poet laureate Countee Cullen, who taught Baldwin French...

Who reads Baldwin's Harlem : A Biography of James Baldwin?

Author

Boyd, Herb

Publisher

Atria; Atria Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743293075

Category

biography

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.51 / 5 (67 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14