The Village Voice, August 4th, 2004
NATIVESONS By James Baldwin and Sol Stein Ballantine/OneWorld, 217 pp. $24.95
Dear Jimmy, Dear Sol: old letters between famous friends
The difference between an MC and a poet? The braggadocious MC has everything all figured out, never doubting himself. The poet admits his uncertainty, attempting to make sense of the world without assuming he knows answers before asking questions. James Baldwin (1924-1987) crossed this line early in his career, the preacher within him overtaking his voice in essays written after his involvement with the civil rights movement. As an account of the creation of ...
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