If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

Category: Fiction

Book Reviews

  • This is the beginning of a list of books, relative to our history, that I wish I'd read before I was on my own. · Barracoon, Hurston · Black Reconstruction, Du Bois · If Beale Street, Baldwin · On Paul Robeson, Horne · Black Fortunes, Wills · A Personal Odyssey, SowellLink to Tweet
  • I couldn't help but think about If Beale Street Could Talk as I read this. Not just because there is an overlap of subject matter, but because Jones' writing is just as gut wrenching as Baldwin's. Maybe even more so.Link to Tweet

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When a pregnant Tish's boyfriend Fonny, a sculptor, is wrongfully jailed for the rape of a Puerto Rican woman, their families unite to prove the charge false. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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