In this episode we explore a sample of work by James Baldwin a literary behemoth. His work is intellectually stimulating and some of the most brilliant, kind, sharp, and loving social criticism available. Baldwin is an author that should be part of every high school curriculum in the most urgent way. As immediately relevant globally today as it was in 1960's America. 

The books covered in this episode include:

Another Country (1962)

If Beale Street Could Talk (1974)

Notes of a Native Son (1955)

The Fire Next Time (1963)

The Devil Finds Work (1976)