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224 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 27 October 2022
Description
Being a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him respond...
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reflective: 91%
informative: 65%
challenging: 49%
emotional: 44%
inspiring: 35%
hopeful: 13%
sad: 13%
dark: 7%
funny: 4%
tense: 4%
relaxing: 1%
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224 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 27 October 2022
Description
Being a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him respond...
Community Reviews
Moods
reflective: 91%
informative: 65%
challenging: 49%
emotional: 44%
inspiring: 35%
hopeful: 13%
sad: 13%
dark: 7%
funny: 4%
tense: 4%
relaxing: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings