LEADER 00000nam 2200361 i 4500 001 sky304575194 003 SKY 005 20211201102318.0 008 210401t20211985mau e b 000 e eng d 010 2021012704 020 9780807006566|q(paperback) 020 0807006564|q(paperback) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dCoBoFLC|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 092 814.54|bBAL 100 1 Baldwin, James,|d1924-1987,|eauthor. 245 14 The price of the ticket :|bcollected nonfiction: 1948-1985 /|cJames Baldwin. 264 1 Boston, MA :|bBeacon Press,|c2021. 264 4 |c©1985 300 702 pages ;|c23 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 505 00 |gIntroduction:|tThe price of the ticket --|tThe Harlem ghetto --|tLockridge: "The American myth" --|tJourney to Atlanta --|tEverybody's protest novel --|tEncounter on the Seine: Black meets brown --|tPrinces and powers --|tMany thousands gone --|tStranger in the village --|tA question of identity --|tThe male prison --|tCarmen Jones: the dark is light enough --|tEqual in Paris --|tNotes of a native son --|tFaulkner and desegregation --|tThe crusade of indignation --|tA fly in buttermilk --|tThe discovery of what it means to be an American --|tOn catfish row -- |tNobody knows my name: a letter from the South --|tThe Northern Protestant --|tFifth Avenue, Uptown --|tThey can't turn back --|tIn search of a majority --|tNotes for a hypothetical novel --|tThe dangerous road before Martin Luther King --|tEast River, Downtown --|tAlas, poor Richard --|tThe Black boy looks at the white boy --|tThe new lost generation --|tThe creative process --|tColor -- |tA talk to teachers --|tThe fire next time: my dungeon shook --|tNothing personal --|tWords of a native son -- |tThe American dream and the American Negro --|tWhite man's guilt --|tA report from occupied territory -- |tNegros are anti-semitic because they are anti-white -- |tWhite racism or world community? --|tSweet Lorraine -- |tNo name in the street --|tA review of Roots --|tThe Devil finds work --|tAn open letter to Mr. Carter -- |tEvery good-bye ain't gone --|tIf Black English isn't a language, then tell me, what is? --|tAn open letter to the born again --|tDark days --|tNotes on the house of bondage --|tHere be dragons. 520 Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the 4 decades in which he composed them. Longtime Baldwin fans and especially those just discovering his genius will appreciate this essential collection of his great nonfiction writing, available for the first time in affordable paperback. Along with 46 additional pieces, it includes the full text of dozens of famous essays from such books as: Notes of a Native Son; Nobody Knows My Name; The Fire Next Time; No Name in the Street; and The Devil Finds Work. This collection provides the perfect entrée into Baldwin's prescient commentary on race, sexuality, and identity in an unjust American society. 600 10 Baldwin, James|y1924-1987. 650 0 African American authors. 650 0 Civil rights workers|zUnited States. 650 0 African American gay men. 650 0 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)|zUnited States. 655 7 Essays.|2lcgft
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