A review by miffybooks
Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

5.0

“There was a long pause, while they talked up there in the indigo light and after awhile I saw the girl put a Scotch and milk on top of the piano for Sonny. He didn’t seem to notice it, but just before they started playing again, he sipped from it and looked toward me, and nodded. Then, he put it back on top of the piano. For me, then, as they began to play again, it glowed and shook above my brother’s head like the very cup of trembling.”

eight stories that range from great to some of the most stunning prose ever! baldwin describes everything so richly and with so much intensity in a way that always manages to sneak up on you. just amazing!!!