African-American, The Profession 03 Jul 2014 Race, reading, and critical framing I'm working slowly but persistently on this James Baldwin book - tentative title 'So Unimaginable a Price': Baldwin and the Black… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American 10 Apr 2014 Baldwin, home, tradition From the conclusion to my essay entitled "James Baldwin and the Question of Home" - also the final chapter of… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African-American 09 Mar 2014 Language, race, memory, home Below is the conclusion to my essay "Vernaculars of Home," in which I explore James Baldwin's conception of language. In… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American 05 Dec 2013 Baldwin, race, identity In his 1964 essay “The White Problem,” dating from the period of the publication of The Fire Next Time, Baldwin… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Music Film Culture 04 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, spirituals The function of the spirituals in the African-American intellectual tradition is well-known, especially in the work of W.E.B. Du Bois… John Drabinski No Comments
African-American, Caribbean 03 Dec 2013 Baldwin, language, blackness In “Letter on Humanism,” a letter written to French theorist Jean Beaufret in response to the claim that his book… John Drabinski No Comments