Langston Hughes, blurb in Notes of a Native Son (1955)
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A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity.
— Langston Hughes
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About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
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