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magnoliaxsoulangeana's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
maiyah8's review against another edition
5.0
i really loved how he weaved the cynicism inherent in the black American experience with his own optimism and hopefulness for the future. even decades after this book was published, its words ring true, and his hope is a very bright light in the dark.
oregonian329's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
rocketstails's review against another edition
3.0
"Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have."
When the sun set on Baldwin that very last time, I am so very grateful that it left with us his work; beautifully written and ever compassionate of people - all people, and for the things which he does not fully understand.
When the sun set on Baldwin that very last time, I am so very grateful that it left with us his work; beautifully written and ever compassionate of people - all people, and for the things which he does not fully understand.
jachinheckman's review against another edition
4.0
Ta-Nehisi Coates was just doing his version of this book and I didn't have a clue. Pretty good book to copy from.
bookishkellyn's review against another edition
challenging
3.5
I did a tandem read, and I’m not really sure I would’ve made it through this book without Jesse L. Martin’s narration. Baldwin’s essays–which eloquently touched on race and religion–sometimes gave coonish energy, but I was with him when he was right.