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THREAD: James Baldwin was born in New York 96 years ago today. A towering figure in American letters, Baldwin spoke to Studs Terkel several times throughout his life. Here is a collection of their digitized conversations, housed on our website. 1/5
In 1961, Baldwin spoke to Studs about his essay collection, "Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son". 2/5 https://bit.ly/3glNyGZ ">https://bit.ly/3glNyGZ&q...
In 1962, Baldwin sat down with Studs to talk about his novel "Another Country" and his recent travels in a decolonizing Africa. https://bit.ly/30ixbVY ">https://bit.ly/30ixbVY&q...
In 1976, Studs and Baldwin talked about Baldwin& #39;s book on the racial politics of American film "The Devil Finds Work". https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/james-baldwin-discusses-his-book-devil-finds-work">https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/...
And, in 1985, Baldwin discussed his book on the Atlanta Child Murders, "The Evidence of Things Not Seen" with Studs. https://bit.ly/30iQLkO ">https://bit.ly/30iQLkO&q...
And, don& #39;t forget that the first episode of "Bughouse Square with @eveewing featured a discussion of Baldwin& #39;s 1962 conversation with Studs with author @Moore_Darnell. Rest in Power, James Baldwin. END OF THREAD https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/bughouse-square ">https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/bughouse-...
