James Baldwin

Why study history?

March 6, 2021

In her bestseller, From These Truths: A History of the United States, Jill Lepore suggests no one can know a nation as far back as 1787, “with or without baby teeth kept in a far. But studying history is like…

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“Look at me. I’m not ashamed of who I am and what I am.”

July 2, 2018

In Part I of Joy Ride published by W.W. Norton (2015), John Lahr devotes a separate chapter in Part I to each of twelve playwrights, including August Wilson (1945-2005). Here is a brief excerpt: “Wilson’s work is a conscious answer…

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The 60s: A book review by Bob Morris

January 15, 2017

The 60s: The Story of a Decade Henry Finder, Editor Random House (October 2016) Here is an incomparable collective portrait of a truly galvanizing era For more than 90 years, The New Yorker has earned and deserves its reputation as…

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