It is a wonderful read and on topic. I'm interested in how James Baldwin reads today. My two favourite Baldwin books are Giovanni's Room and Another Country. I'm not sure I read The Fire. I've read Junot Diaz's short stories. I'm sure eightbitsamurai has something to say about Oscar Wao. I heard The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a great read. I saw the movie a couple of years ago at TIFF. My friends picked up the book after seeing the movie and said that it was even better.Ten of the novels are for a class on literature for adolescents
These are fun easy reads - except Maus - not so much fun. Yes, know them well, and there's many many more. If I wasn't so distracted, I'd pick some up and read along with you.empire, ethnicity, and sexuality in U.S. ethnic lit.
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IT'S SO GOOD. SO FREAKIN GOOD. I mentioned in IRC that I got to meet Junot Díaz. Stand-up guy, nobody even noticed he was there, waiting to go into his own event. Unfortunately I didn't have my copy of the book on me, or I totally woulda got him to sign it!
Thanks for the rundown. I'm excited for the class really. I've read The Fire Next Time and Beloved so far. The Fire Next Time is really more like a small collection- a letter and two or three essays. It's whet my appetite and I'd like to read more Baldwin, some fiction next time, but certainly not this semester.