But more to your point, none of the works mentioned in this thread “simply” have those values. They are complexly calibrated with some genius word magic. If you’re here to say James Baldwin wasn’t writing well and with skill I don’t know what to tell you except read him again.
But more to your point, none of the works mentioned in this thread “simply” have those values. They are complexly calibrated with some genius word magic. If you’re here to say James Baldwin wasn’t writing well and with skill I don’t know what to tell you except read him again.
Haven’t read Baldwin so can’t comment on how good his works are or not. My comment was more of a general statement about books/media than about particular one (though I did technically allude to some particular examples, even if not intentionally).
But … the post was about a literal LIST OF BOOKS. so please come the comments prepared, especially if you’re going to be policing people for how they respond.
But more to your point, none of the works mentioned in this thread “simply” have those values. They are complexly calibrated with some genius word magic. If you’re here to say James Baldwin wasn’t writing well and with skill I don’t know what to tell you except read him again.
Haven’t read Baldwin so can’t comment on how good his works are or not. My comment was more of a general statement about books/media than about particular one (though I did technically allude to some particular examples, even if not intentionally).
But … the post was about a literal LIST OF BOOKS. so please come the comments prepared, especially if you’re going to be policing people for how they respond.
Understood. Clearly, trying to bring a different perspective into this conversation was misplaced.