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15 Feb 2017

Film Based on James Baldwin’s Writings Steals The Limelight

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Critics are raving about “I Am Not Your Negro,” the new film based on the writings of the legendary James Baldwin and directed by Raoul Peck. Now playing in cities all over the country, it shows Baldwin in many guises, … Continued

3 May 2016

James Baldwin’s Complete Works Reissued

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Three volumes of the great James Baldwin’s works have been issued by the Library of America: Early Novels and Stories and Collected Essays, edited by Toni Morrison; and Later Novels, edited by Darryl Pinckney. And two other books have appeared: … Continued

6 Jul 2015

Styron’s New Book Shows “Watershed Period in American Literature”

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William Styron’s new book of collected non-fiction, My Generation, “places him squarely in the constellation of writers who transformed American literature after World War II,” says the New York Times Book Review (July 5, 2015). Calliope offers unique and historical … Continued

10 Jun 2015

Just Published: New Collection of William Styron’s Non-Fiction

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My Generation, a new collection of Calliope Author William Styron‘s non-fiction, has just been brought out by Random House. The book includes essays, book reviews, reportage and other brief pieces–some of them never before published–written between 1951 and 2001. Styron … Continued

21 Jan 2015

Norman Mailer Praises Calliope Authors and Their Books

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NORMAN MAILER PRAISES CALLIOPE AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS In his Selected Letters (2014), Norman Mailer offers powerful praise for the Calliope authors James Jones and William Styron and the novels they read from. In Mailer’s list of the best fiction … Continued

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