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Nothing Personal by James Baldwin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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James Baldwin's famous 1964 essay on social isolation, race, and police brutality, published for the first time in a stand-alone gift edition with important new materials.James Baldwin's critique of American society at the height of the Civil Rights movement is as incisive and relevant as ever. He recounts his own encounter with police in a scene disturbingly similar to those we see today documented with ever increased immediacy as more activists and average citizens alike capture injustice on iPhones. Baldwin's documentation of his own troubled times cuts to the core of the issues we find ourselves in today as the Black Lives Matter movement fights for a more just world.This new edition, available for the first time in an elegant stand-alone hardcover, includes a new foreword from interdisciplinary scholar Imani Perry, a professor of race, law, literature, and African American Culture who is the author of several books, most notably Looking for Lorraine - a...

Who reads Nothing Personal?

Author

James Baldwin

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.67 / 5 (135 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13