James Baldwin, in Notes of a Native Son (1955). "A Question of Identity," Partisan Review (New Brunswick, New Jersey, July/August 1954).
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Experience is a private, and a very largely speechless affair.
— James Baldwin on Experience
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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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