{"product_id":"the-cross-of-redemption-uncollected-writings-paperback","title":"The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRandall Kenan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century--a collection of essays, articles, reviews, and interviews that have never before been gathered in a single volume. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An absorbing portrait of Baldwin's time--and of him.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Baldwin was an American literary master, renowned for his fierce engagement with issues haunting our common history. In \u003ci\u003eThe Cross of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e we have Baldwin discoursing on, among other subjects, the possibility of an African-American president and what it might mean; the hypocrisy of American religious fundamentalism; the black church in America; the trials and tribulations of black nationalism; anti-Semitism; the blues and boxing; Russian literary masters; and the role of the writer in our society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProphetic and bracing, \u003ci\u003eThe Cross of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome and important addition to the works of a cosmopolitan and canonical American writer who still has much to teach us about race, democracy, and personal and national identity. As Michael Ondaatje has remarked, \"If van Gogh was our nineteenth-century artist-saint, Baldwin [was] our twentieth-century one.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1924 and died in 1987. Among his more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction are \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandall Kenan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, the novel\u003ci\u003e A Visitation of Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eLet the Dead Bury Their Dead.\u003c\/i\u003e He teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984041804077,"sku":"9780307275967","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/NDZDb1ROMnFlSUY5TGlVSzdtR3JPQT09.webp?v=1776081563","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-cross-of-redemption-uncollected-writings-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}