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Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin
Written by Herb Boyd
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Award-winning journalist Herb Boyd, author of Sugar Ray Robinson's biography Pound for Pound, combines impeccable research with astute literary criticism in Baldwin's Harlem. Packed with telling anecdotes, this concise volume illuminates Baldwin's diverse views and his impressions of the community that would remain a consistent presence in virtually all his writing.
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Herb Boyd
Herb Boyd is a journalist, activist, teacher, and author or editor of twenty-three books, including his latest, The Diary of Malcolm X, edited with Ilyasah Al-Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter. His articles have been published in the Black Scholar, Final Call, the Amsterdam News, Cineaste, Downbeat, the Network Journal, and the Daily Beast. A scholar for more than forty years, he teaches African American history and culture at the City College of New York in Harlem, where he lives.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This audio book was by far one the best I have listened to it dives deep into the life of James Baldwin not only highlighting his great works, but his conflicts with other great African American writers.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Insightful, visual and a marvelous walk through time and place using the written and spoken words of a Harlem’s native son and life-long social and political critic: James Baldwin. Bravo, Herb Boyd.