/Literary Arts
A Juneteenth Tribute to James Baldwin
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James Baldwin's personal life and literary legacy are explored through his diverse life-long friendships and muses, his front-line political activism, and his cross-cultural connections and influences while living in Paris. This up close and intimate conversation includes British writer and former editor of the Times Literary Supplement James Campbell, author of Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin who knew Baldwin in Paris, Brooklyn based writer/essayist Clifford Thompson, What It Is: Race, Family and One Thinking Black Man's Blues and host Bay Area writer/poet and playwright Jewelle Gomez, Waiting for Giovanni.
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The Mechanics' Institute Library hosts a celebration of the personal life and literary works of James Baldwin in an intimate conversation with former editor of the Times Literary Supplement James Campbell (“Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin”), Brooklyn-based essayist Clifford Thompson (“What It Is: Race, Family and One Thinking Black Man's Blues”), and host, Bay Area-based poet and playwright Jewelle Gomez (“Waiting for Giovanni”).
Evan Karp
SF/Arts Curator
Mechanics Institute