(PARIS REVIEW, 1984) https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2994/the-art-of-fiction-no-78-james-baldwin INTERVIEWER Would you tell us how you came to leave the States? JAMES BALDWIN I was broke. I got to Paris with forty dollars in my pocket, but I had to get out of New York. My reflexes were tormented by the plight of other people. Reading had taken me away … Continue reading James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction, No. 78
Take up the White Man’s burden—Ye dare not stoop to less—Nor call too loud on FreedomTo cloak your weariness;By all ye cry or whisper,By all ye leave or do,The silent, sullen peoplesShall weigh your Gods and you. —Kipling. Down at the cross where my Saviour died,Down where for cleansing from sin I cried,There to my … Continue reading Letter from a Region in My Mind (1962)
Originally, titled "Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood" and published in 1985 in Playboy Magazine by James Baldwin To be androgynous, Webster's informs us, is to have both male and femalecharacteristics. This means that there is a man in every woman and a woman in everyman. Sometimes this is recognized only when the chips … Continue reading “Here Be Dragons”
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