Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own Summary
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own Overview

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.'s Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own combines biographical accounts of James Baldwin's life, analysis of his writings, and historical examinations in order to conceptualize the possibility of societal renewal. Glaude's humble, assertive, and hopeful tone embodies the same registers of Baldwin's artistic and philosophical endeavors. He thus creates a conversation on the pages of Begin Again, encouraging his readers to confront American history and embrace love to build a new America. The text explores themes of American complicity, the impact of trauma on memory, and the potentiality of creating a more unified national story.