Category Archives: Friendship

New James Baldwin letters

Posted on January 1, 2014 by wcd2

January 1, 2014 The 100 letters recently acquired by the Beinecke Library are not to famous people, just Baldwin’s friends. The letters to Painter began in 1954, when his play “The Amen Corner” opened at Howard, and came up to 1964, … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American literature, Europe, Friendship, Libraries, Turkey, Twentieth century literature | Tagged Another Country, Beinecke Library, David Leeming, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene Lerner, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Invisible Man, Istanbul, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Martha Gellhorn, Martin Luther King, Mary Painter, Medgar Evers, No Name in the Street, Ralph Ellison, Rosa Parks, The Fire Next Time, The Panther and the Lash | Leave a comment

Writers getting old: Ashbery, Angelou, Morrison

Posted on November 13, 2013 by wcd2

November 13, 2013 I was standing at the very back, and saw only a wall of people in front. I’d also missed the introduction. For most of reading, all I got was the voice, surprisingly strong, vigorous, the voice … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American literature, Contemporary novel, contemporary poetry, Friendship, Libraries, Literary awards | Tagged Beinecke Library, Furious Flower LIfetime Achievement Awards, John Ashbery, Maya Angelou, Rita Dove, Toni Morrison | Leave a comment

Housemates: Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, John Hersey

Posted on September 11, 2013 by wcd2

September 11, 2013 I can’t find pictures of them together, just houses that they shared. 713 Windsor Lane, a modest cottage in a writer’s compound in Key West, shared by John Hersey, his wife, and Ralph Ellison, whose Invisible Man … Continue reading →

Posted in African-American literature, Black-Jewish alliances, Ethnicity, Friendship, Twentieth century literature | Tagged Bard College, Henderson the Rain King, Hudson, Hudson River, Invisible Man, John Hersey, Key West, Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Twentieth Century Views, Viking, Yale | Leave a comment