The wonderful thing about writers like [James] Baldwin is t… - Edward P. Jones

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The wonderful thing about writers like [James] Baldwin is the way we read them and come across passages that are so arresting we become breathless and have to raise our eyes from the page to keep from being spirited away.

Edward P. Jones

Notes of a Native Son · 1984 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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