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Trailblazer. Activist. Visionary. James Baldwin inspired countless artists with his pointed, elegant and electric work — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, and Jason Reynolds, to name a few. Showcasing his inimitable voice through essays on culture, politics and identity, Notes of a Native Son is a revolutionary, necessary read.

In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. With documentaries like I Am Not Your Negro bringing renewed interest to Baldwin's life and work, Notes of a Native Son serves as a valuable introduction.

Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life...