Notes of a Native Son Sociology of Class a testament to the ways

a testament to the ways we find ourselves inside love

Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in this special gift edition

does that kid really know why

I’m ready to listen and learn

and Vanessa Brantley-Newton’s illustrations exude joy

Notes of a Native Son Sociology of Class a testament to the waysIn an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. With films like I Am Not Your Negro and the forthcoming If Beale Street Could Talk bringing renewed interest to Baldwin's life and work, Notes of a Native Son serves as a valuable introduction. Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his