Darryl Pinckney's review in theNew York Review of Books of James Baldwin's novel "Just Above My Head". Pinckney succeeds in identifying Baldwin's "obsessions," including Harlem, the church, homosexuality, and "the social and political outrage that has inspired all of his work."
An article in the Bowling Green State University Monitor on James Baldwin's teaching at BGSU. Baldwin states, "I had to feel my way. It was something I had never done before. I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't care about the students. We learned something from each other."
Copy of James Baldwin's "Dark Days" article from the October 1980 issue of Esquire magazine.
Press photograph of James Baldwin.
Letter to James Baldwin from W. Keith Davis, a young African American writer living in Paris. A request for the two authors to meet.
Letter to author James Baldwin from an unknown writer in which the writer expresses her appreciation for Baldwin's literary work.
A biography and bibliography of author James Baldwin, prepared for release by the Dial Press.
Letter expressing admiration to Baldwin on his work, written by a gentleman named Paul residing in Albany New York.