6 - James Baldwin

from Little Queer Library · host River Kero

Content Warnings: abortion, death, homophobia, racism Happy Black History month continued! Today, we are talking about Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, some of the themes of the book, and how Baldwin's life paralleled the fiction he created! Books Mentioned: Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin Comics for Choice: Whit Taylor, Hazel Newlevant, Ø.K. Fox Burgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now (2019) Marbles, Ellen Forney Outlaw Marriages, Rodger Streitmatter Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present (2011), Robin R. Means Coleman The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle Through the Woods, Emily Carroll Mouthful of Birds, Samanta Schweblin Bones of the Coast, Cloudscape Anthology Peek at Next Week: The Deep by Rivers Solomon Comics for Choice (link: [http://comicsforchoice.com/](http://comicsforchoice.com/)) Victor LaValle's website: [http://www.victorlavalle.com](http://www.victorlavalle.com/) You can reach us at: River Instagram: @huckleberry.comics Wake Instagram: @notaclevernamer Show email: [email protected]

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