Notes of a Native Son

Written by James Baldwin
Foreword by Edward P. Jones

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $27.95

A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin’s death, including a new introduction by an important contemporary writer

Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and... Read more >

Notes of a Native Son

Written by James Baldwin
Illustrated by Edward P. Jones

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: July 9, 1984
Price: $14.00

Originally published in 1955, James Baldwin’s first nonfiction book has become a much-studied classic. These searing essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and Americans abroad remain as powerful today as when they were written.

“He named for me the things you feel but couldn’t utter. . . ... Read more >

Notes of a Native Son

Written by James Baldwin
Foreword by Edward P. Jones

Format: eBook
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $27.95

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Notes of a Native Son

Written by James Baldwin
Foreword by Edward P. Jones

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.00

Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. This new edition, published for the 25th... Read more >