Category: African-American

ISBN-10: 1598534548 ISBN-13: 978-1598534542 Publisher: Library of America If Beale Street Could Talk is one that ends on a cliffhanger, and I think that appropriately mirrors reality. Those dealing with falsely accused loved ones in jail/prison don’t know if they’ll get them out, just like we don’t really know what will become of the characters…

ISBN-10: 1598534548 ISBN-13: 978-1598534542 Publisher: Library of America Definitely felt like a rehash of some of Baldwin’s older works, though perhaps angrier. There are race relations, jabs at Christianity without making the leap into agnosticism/atheism, a scrawny Black boy, Harlem, New York, music. The way the story is told mostly works for me, that is,…