June 2011
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The Global Imagination of James Baldwin →
In February this year a first-rate group of scholars gathered in New York City to debate the legacy of the twentieth century American writer and critic, James Baldwin (1924-1987). I missed the proceedings, titled “James Baldwin’s Global Imagination,” so I asked one of organizers, Rich Blint, about the conference’s aims, Baldwin’s ideas and politics of Baldwin as well as what he would have made...
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New Haarlem Arts Theatre Presents BLUES FOR MISTER... →
New Haarlem Arts Theatre (NHAT), the new professional theater company of City College of New York (CCNY), will present “Blues for Mister Charlie” by James Baldwin, directed by Eugene Nesmith, from June 23 to July 17 at Aaron Davis Hall, located at W. 135th Street and Convent Avenue, Manhattan (Hamilton Heights). This will be the play’s first major New York presentation ...