James Baldwin

James Baldwin is a black American writer from Harlem, NY.

Birth

August 2

Harlem, NY

Known For

1953 - Go Tell it On the Mountain

1955 - Notes of a Native Son

1956 - Giovanni's Room

1961 - Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes from a Native Son

1962 - Another Country

1963 - The Fire Next Time

1965 - Going to Meet the Man

1968 - Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

1974 - If Beale Street Could Talk

Quotes

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up."

"Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours."

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."