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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1

James Baldwin Reading from Giovanni's Room

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Great American Authors Read from Their Works, Volume 1

By: Calliope Author Readings, James Baldwin
Narrated by: James Baldwin
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James Baldwin gives an electrifying reading about a young gay American in Paris recalling a dramatic and transforming incident from his boyhood, as he struggles to accept his sexual identity.

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“Baldwin’s powerful reading is part of the newly re-released series” ( Boston Globe)
“The unmistakable stamp of personal passion”, ( Chicago Daily News )
"A great reading” Saturday Review, (John Ciardi)
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This text alone and this reading show so clearly the inhumanity, the destructiveness of our general, casual homophobia. I am moved to the core of my being and I wish I heard more.

Heart-achingly beautiful

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