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“Choosing The Price of the Ticket was kind of a cheat because the volume contains most of Baldwin’s substantive nonfiction, including Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, The Devil Finds Work, and yes, The Fire Next Time. I simply couldn’t bring myself to choose only one of his essay collections, because to do so would diminish or underrepresent just how incisive and persuasive Baldwin’s prowess as a public intellectual was and remains.” Read more...
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