Keeping James Baldwin's Legacy Alive Through Art

A look at James Baldwin's enduring influence on art and activism

Jeffrey Brown looks at Baldwin's enduring legacy for our series, Art in ... living in Paris, and powerful essays exploring race and ...

Lessons from James Baldwin - ChicoSol News

by Leslie Layton. James Baldwin portrait by Gus Bouquet. My closest sense of connection to the writer James Baldwin comes not through the ...

A Century of James Baldwin - Literary Hub

100 years ago, on August 2, 1924 James Baldwin, né James Arthur Jones, was born in New York City. Needless to say, he would grow to become one of America's ...

Preserving James Baldwin's Legacy in the Digital Now

Watch live here! Event Type: Conference / Symposium. Tags: africa, african ... LSA - College of Literature, Science, and The Arts - University of Michigan.

Baldwin and the Black Arts Movement (Chapter 20)

James Baldwin's book The Fire Next Time (1963) answered unspoken questions and thoughts that I had about reaching adulthood as a black person pursuing writing.

What James Baldwin Can Teach Us About Race and Identity in ...

Baldwin recognized that collective struggle had given rise to a collective Black experience, with a legacy—political, intellectual, spiritual ...

The fire this time – the legacy of James Baldwin - The Guardian

His work fell foul of civil-rights-era binary racial and sexual politics but, as a new film shows, now Baldwin's ideas are used to explain everything from ...

James Baldwin & His Legacy featuring Jason Reynolds and Ibi Zoboi

As part of the National Book Foundation's Author in Focus program, we partnered with the DC Public Library to bring two National Book ...

A Look at James Baldwin's Enduring Influence on Art and Activism

Jeffrey Brown looks at Baldwin's enduring legacy for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy.

James Baldwin on Art, Life, Writing, Reading, and More. – BIG OTHER

... alive, or who ever had been alive. Only if we face these open wounds in ourselves can we understand them in other people. An artist is a ...

WritersMosaic presents: a Celebration of James Baldwin's Centenary

This event took place on 27 February 2024. The information below is correct as of the publication date. To be a black person in America, ...

Living Into The Questions | ARTS Blog

- James Baldwin. Baldwin's epigram reminds us that to thrive, we must ... The Post kept count, so I can tell you that in the same space ...

I Tried To Live Like James Baldwin and FAILED... Here's Why.

In 2022, I went to France for an artist residency and tried to live like James Baldwin, and FAILED. Many things went wrong, ...

James Baldwin Leaves an Enduring Legacy in Greenwich Village

Delaney, who was Black, gay, and earning a living as an artist, mentored the young writer and introduced him to diverse cultural ...

Prince Shakur and the lingering impact of James Baldwin

29. The pair's conversation will center the life, legacy and work of Baldwin, who would have turned 100 this year. “I think seeing [the 1989 ...

Baldwin and the Role of the Citizen Artist - Manchester Hive

Abstract. Using political and critical theory, this article identifies in James Baldwin a model for citizenship unique to the Black artist who assumed the ...

James Baldwin - Wikipedia

James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his ...

James Baldwin's Legacy Lives On - Strathmore

... and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello's No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin. ... Baldwin and Ndegeocello on the arts and society.” Strathmore's ...

Smashed Glass - Art Wire - OZ Arts Nashville

I've taught James Baldwin's “Notes of a Native Son” more times than I can count. The first time I encountered it was in grad school, during a writing pedagogy ...

The lasting legacy of writer James Baldwin - Financial Times

As the author's centenary approaches, his courageous, powerful and sometimes prescient work is finding new audiences around the world.