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The Price of the Ticket

by James Baldwin
JD Jackson
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An essential compendium of James Baldwin’s most powerful nonfiction work, calling on us “to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country.”
Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the 4 decades in which he composed them. Longtime Baldwin fans and especially those just discovering his genius will appreciate this essential collection of his great nonfiction writing, available for the first time in affordable paperback. Along with 46 additional pieces, it includes the full text of dozens of famous essays from such books as:
   • Notes of a Native Son
   • Nobody Knows My Name
   • The Fire Next Time
   • No Name in the Street
   • The Devil Finds Work
This collection provides the perfect entrée into Baldwin’s prescient commentary on race, sexuality, and identity in an unjust American society.
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Publisher: Beacon Press Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780807094150
  • File size: 980947 KB
  • Release date: September 21, 2021
  • Duration: 34:03:38

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  • ISBN: 9780807094150
  • File size: 981070 KB
  • Release date: September 21, 2021
  • Duration: 34:20:23
  • Number of parts: 32

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History Literary Criticism Sociology Nonfiction

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English

An essential compendium of James Baldwin’s most powerful nonfiction work, calling on us “to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country.”
Personal and prophetic, these essays uncover what it means to live in a racist American society with insights that feel as fresh today as they did over the 4 decades in which he composed them. Longtime Baldwin fans and especially those just discovering his genius will appreciate this essential collection of his great nonfiction writing, available for the first time in affordable paperback. Along with 46 additional pieces, it includes the full text of dozens of famous essays from such books as:
   • Notes of a Native Son
   • Nobody Knows My Name
   • The Fire Next Time
   • No Name in the Street
   • The Devil Finds Work
This collection provides the perfect entrée into Baldwin’s prescient commentary on race, sexuality, and identity in an unjust American society.
Expand title description text
History Literary Criticism Sociology Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Beacon Press
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780807094150
    File size: 980947 KB
    Release date: September 21, 2021
    Duration: 34:03:38

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780807094150
    File size: 981070 KB
    Release date: September 21, 2021
    Duration: 34:20:23
    Number of parts: 32

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English