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May 6, 2021 · Nothing Personal is an extraordinary piece of writing—perhaps one of James Baldwin’s most complex essays. In a moment of profound transition in his life as a “witness” and within the compact space of four relatively brief sections, Baldwin lays bare many of the central themes of his corpus. He writes about history, identity, death, and ...
- Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Nov 6, 2017 · In 1964, Richard Avedon and James Baldwin published “Nothing Personal,” their collaborative exploration of American identity. This fall, a facsimile edition will be released by Taschen, along ...
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I USED TO DISTRACT myself, some mornings before I got out ofbed, by pressing the television remote control gadget from one channel to another. This may be the only way to watch TV: I certainly saw some remarkable sights. Blondes and brunettes and, possibly, redheads-my screen was colorless-washing their hair, relentlessly smiling, teeth gleaming li...
certainly-no human being could; I suspect, in fact, that many of us live with the carefully suppressed terror that these buildings are about to crash down on us; the nature ofthe movement ofthe people in the streets is certainly very close to panic. You will search in vain for lovers. I have not heard anyone singing in the streets of New York for m...
James Baldwin’s essay, Nothing Personal, was first released in 1964 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. It was accompanied by photos by Richard Avedoon. Finally, in 2021, it was released on its own with a Forward by Imani Perry and Afterword by Eddie S Glaudo Jr.
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May 4, 2021 · Nothing Personal. James Baldwin. Beacon Press, May 4, 2021 - Social Science - 104 pages. James Baldwin’s critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers. Available for the first time in a stand-alone edition ...
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- Imani Perry, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Nothing Personal
Nov 16, 2017 · Scattered through the essay are outtake images from the 1964 edition with Avedon’s triptych portrait of Malcolm X and his triple portrait of Martin Luther Kings Sr, Jr and III.
Both explore and situate the essay within the broader context of Baldwin’s work, the Movement for Black Lives, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the presidency of Donald Trump. Nothing Personal is both a eulogy and a declaration of will. In bringing this work into the twenty-first century, readers new and old will take away fundamental and recurring ...
