Books by David Leeming
“Leeming’s biography is interesting because he and Baldwin were close friends. So, unlike biographers like Joseph Blotner (of William Faulkner) or John Lahr (of Joe Orton or Tennessee Williams), who maintained a distance from their subject, Leeming’s work is intended to be an inside view of Baldwin – not salacious, but certainly not superficial, either.” Read more...
Ahmed Honeini, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by David Leeming were recommended
The Best James Baldwin Books, recommended by Ahmed Honeini
James Baldwin was a hugely influential figure in 20th-century writing – “one of the foremost American authors of his generation” – explains the literary scholar Ahmed Honeini, as he offers an overview of Baldwin’s remarkably varied output, which comprises “extraordinarily creative” fiction and playwriting as well as a body of searing social commentary.
