James Baldwin
James Baldwin was born in 1924 and died in 1987. Their most popular book is Giovanni's Room with 1788 saves and an average rating of 4.37.
Author Bio
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, writer, playwright, poet, essayist and civil rights activist. Most of Baldwin's work deals with racial and sexual issues in the mid-20th century in the United States. His novels are notable for the personal way in which they explore questions of identity as well as the way in which they mine complex social and psychological pressures related to being black and homosexual well before the social, cultural or political equality of these groups was improved.[1]
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