Scope: James Baldwin was an African American author whose works dealt with the three major subject areas of “African Americans fighting racial discrimination, gay men searching for love and respect, and artists struggling to express meaning and beauty.” (Gelfant, The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth Century Short Story) His stories are reminiscent of his own life experiences growing up in Harlem in the 1920’s. In 1965 he published his only collection of short stories entitled “ Going to meet the Man.” These short stories greatly influenced generations of both Black and White Americans to come.

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Books of James Baldwin’s works are listed in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under Baldwin, James, and under individual titles, i.e. Go Tell it on the Mountain.

Books written by and about James Baldwin have the call number(s) PS3552.A45

Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library are:

Campbell, James. Exiled in Paris: Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett and
Others on the Left Bank. New York: Scribner, 1995.

Campbell, James. Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press, 2002.

Davis, Ursula Broschke. Paris Without Regret: James Baldwin, Kenny Clarke, Chester
Himes, and Donald Byrd. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986.

Porter, Horace A. Stealing the Fire: The Art and Protest of James Baldwin. Middleton, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 1989.

Stanley, Fred L. & Nancy V. Burt. Critical Essays on James Baldwin. Boston, MA:
G.K. Hall, 1988.

Weatherby, William J. James Baldwin: Artist on Fire. New York: Dell Pub; 1989.

VIDEOS

Archives 273 A Tribute to James Baldwin

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate, but pages may be photocopied. The following titles are appropriate for this topic:

REF PS 374.S5C47 2000 The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story

REF PN 3321.C7 1993 Critical Survey of Short Fiction

PS 21.E537 2004 The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

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WEB SITES

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Updated 02/08/2007