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Nobody Knows My Name

By James Baldwin

By James Baldwin

By James Baldwin

By James Baldwin

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Paperback $14.00

Dec 01, 1992 | ISBN 9780679744733

Ebook $11.99

Sep 17, 2013 | ISBN 9780804149730

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    About Nobody Knows My Name

    From one of the most brilliant writers and thinkers of the twentieth century comes a collection of “passionate, probing, controversial” essays (The Atlantic) on topics ranging from race relations in the United States to the role of the writer in society.

    Told with Baldwin’s characteristically unflinching honesty, this “splendid book” (The New York Times) offers illuminating, deeply felt essays along with personal accounts of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer and other writers. 

    “James Baldwin is a skillful writer, a man of fine intelligence and a true companion in the desire to make life human. To take a cue from his title, we had better learn his name.” —The New York Times

    About Nobody Knows My Name

    From one of the most brilliant writers and thinkers of the twentieth century comes a collection of “passionate, probing, controversial” essays (The Atlantic) on topics ranging from race relations in the United States to the role of the writer in society.

    Told with Baldwin’s characteristically unflinching honesty, this “splendid book” (The New York Times) offers illuminating, deeply felt essays along with personal accounts of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer and other writers. 

    “James Baldwin is a skillful writer, a man of fine intelligence and a true companion in the desire to make life human. To take a cue from his title, we had better learn his name.” —The New York Times

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    About James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an… More about James Baldwin

    About James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an… More about James Baldwin

    Product Details

    Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Literary Criticism | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $14.00
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 01, 1992 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679744733

    Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Literary Criticism | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 17, 2013 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780804149730

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    Praise

    “A passionate, probing, controversial book which is outstandingly well written.” —The Atlantic

    Table Of Contents

    Introduction

    PART ONE:  Sitting in the House . . .
    1.   The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American
    2.   Princes and Powers
    3.   Fifth Avenue, Uptown: a Letter from Harlem
    4.   East River, Downtown:  Postscript to a Letter from Harlem
    5.   A Fly in Buttermilk
    6.   Nobody Knows My Name: a Letter from the South
    7.   Faulkner and Desegregation
    8.   In Search of a Majority

    PART TWO:  . . . With Everything on My Mind
    9.   Notes from a Hypothetical Novel
    10. The Male Prison
    11. The Northern Protestant
    12. Alas, Poor Richard
    i.  Eight Men
    ii. The Exile
    iii. Alas, Poor Richard
    13.  The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy

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