On James Baldwin -- Colm Toibin, Hardcover Young Adult Manga The New York Times

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On James Baldwin -- Colm Toibin, Hardcover Young Adult Manga The New York TimesColm Tibn's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's centenary year. Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tibn first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. He had even considered entering a seminary and was searching for literature that would offer illumination and insight. Inspired by the novel