James Baldwin’s Complete Works Reissued

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: All These Strangers: the Life and Art of James Baldwin, by Douglas Field; and The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings, edited by Randall Kenan.  Calliope Author Readings Volume 1 offers two historic readings by James Baldwin, made in 1963–passages from Giovanni’s Room and Another Country.