Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin
Written by Herb Boyd
Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Herb Boyd
Herb Boyd is a journalist, activist, teacher, and author or editor of twenty-three books, including his latest, The Diary of Malcolm X, edited with Ilyasah Al-Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter. His articles have been published in the Black Scholar, Final Call, the Amsterdam News, Cineaste, Downbeat, the Network Journal, and the Daily Beast. A scholar for more than forty years, he teaches African American history and culture at the City College of New York in Harlem, where he lives.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This audio book was by far one the best I have listened to it dives deep into the life of James Baldwin not only highlighting his great works, but his conflicts with other great African American writers.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Insightful, visual and a marvelous walk through time and place using the written and spoken words of a Harlem’s native son and life-long social and political critic: James Baldwin. Bravo, Herb Boyd.