Tag Archives: James Baldwin
Children’s literature as World Literature
July 10, 2013 Is there a special connection between children’s literature and world literature? I’ve always wondered about this. Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, and Toni Morrison are just individual examples, and maybe they’re all flukes. Still, there they are: … Continue reading →
Posted in African-American literature, ancient Greece, Children's literature, Educational institutions, world literature
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Tagged Aesop's Fables, Bonnie Tulloch, First Book of Africa, Gertrude Stein, Herman Melville, Institute for World Literature, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Little Man, Old Greek Stories, Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children, Slade Morrison, the Sampo, The World is Round, Toni Morrison
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Turkish Munich
July 3, 2013 Last time I came by train. What struck me immediately, getting out of the station, was the city’s Turkish population, out in force, women wearing head scarves and not looking conspicuous, walking comfortably up and down … Continue reading →
Posted in African-American literature, Afro-Asian alliances, Cities, Diaspora, Germany, Middle East, Race, Racial violence, Turkey, Twentieth century literature
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Tagged "A Mad Negro Confined in Munich, Another Country, Armenian, Croatian, Engin Cezzar, Indian, James Baldwin, Jewish, London, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Robert Lowell, Slovenian, The Fire Next Time, Turkish
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