If Beale Street Could Talk

Cultural

Author: James Baldwin

Like the blues – sweet, and full of truth – this masterly work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love – the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York’s infamous Tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is….Read More

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