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Revisiting Baldwin

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Randall Kenan, writer, biographer of James Baldwin, and author of The Fire This Time (Melville House, 2007), looks at the life of Baldwin in the context of today -- where we are with civil rights, religion and impoverished African Americans.

The Fire This Time is available for purchase at Amazon.com


Comments

  • [1] Christopher Hale June 27, 2007 - 12:54PM

    thank you.


  • [2] Rob Shaner from Brooklyn June 27, 2007 - 02:35PM

    I was very much looking forward to this discussion. I am a huge fan of the Brian Lehrer Show, and I am nearly obsessed with James Baldwin. Unfortunately, I found this segment to be an almost complete waste of time. Never have I heard such a lack of content on wnyc. James Baldwin was only mentioned in slight passing, and the questions asked by your guest host were trite at best. What a disappointment!


  • [3] Clarice from Chelsea July 09, 2007 - 01:55PM

    Can you tell me why Melville House Publishers, Kenan's publisher, is illegally putting stickers advertising their books on the turnstiles at the 14th Street-Union Square station?


  • [4] Edward Champoin from Brooklyn July 09, 2007 - 06:06PM

    I would likewise demand an answer to this whole Melville House sticker contretemps -- easily the worst calamity to happen to the city since Stonewall. I realize that Clarice's comment would, on the surface, have little to do with Mr. Kenan's appearance and that the stickers in question pertain to another Melville House author. But some matters are never too pedantic to investigate -- particularly those involving stickers on turnstiles. If there is not a serious investigation, perhaps there might be a dissertation -- or at least a lengthy harangue delivered personally on The Brian Lehrer Show -- ideally, in installments.


  • [5] tao lin from new york July 09, 2007 - 09:39PM

    the stickers were for my books, e.e.e. & bed, and they weren't put there by melville house and melville house had no knowledge of them being put there, to clarify


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