The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985 by James Baldwin

The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985

James Baldwin

704 pages first pub 1961 (editions)

nonfiction essays race challenging reflective medium-paced
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Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the 4 decades in which he composed them. Longtime Baldwin fans and especially those just discov...

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informative 100%
reflective 91%
challenging 75%
emotional 33%
inspiring 33%
dark 16%
sad 16%
funny 8%
hopeful 8%
tense 8%

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medium 40%
fast 10%

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