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# James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)

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desertcart.com: James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (The Last Interview Series): 9781612194004: Baldwin, James: Books

Review: An excellent collection that succinctly presents Baldwin’s viewpoint - James Baldwin was very careful with the written word. Words mattered to him because he understood that they transcend a simple lifetime. These interviews show Baldwin carefully choosing his words but also “letting his hair down” a little, particularly in the last, longest interview. This is an excellent collection of recollections, thoughts, apperceptions, and scrutiny. (Ismael Reed comes off poorly.) Buy it! You will not be disappointed, particularly if you are favorably inclined toward Baldwin. People on the fence would do well to buy the book to gain insight into one of African-Americans’ best spokesmen. Recognize also that James Baldwin was an individual voice. Each author’s viewpoint leavens the dough of group experience. Once you’ve finished this short collection, buy and read Eddie Glaude, Jr.‘s “ Democracy in Black.”
Review: Brilliant, and revealingH - Had forgotten how brilliant Baldwin is, and reading the interviews it's amazing how he predicted exactly where we are today: white society fearing they will be 'extinguished' or 'overrun' by brown and black peoples, and so beginning new race wars. Even more revealing is the condescension and clear (today) racism and homophobia of some of his interviewers. Read 'Stamped from the Beginning' last year, and it made enough of an impact that in reading these interviews, one can spot even those who are 'trying to elevate' this brilliant black man to their whiteness. Baldwin seems present enough, and brilliant enough, to see al the racist and homophobic comments for what they are - I wished at times these were audio tapes, so I could hear his answers which, just being read, still sound as if they put those interviewers who need it in the place they belong. This is an excellent read for the 21st Century...

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| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #558,877 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #137 in Black & African American Literary Criticism (Books) #929 in Black & African American Biographies #1,167 in Author Biographies |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 286 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent collection that succinctly presents Baldwin’s viewpoint
*by J***N on March 19, 2021*

James Baldwin was very careful with the written word. Words mattered to him because he understood that they transcend a simple lifetime. These interviews show Baldwin carefully choosing his words but also “letting his hair down” a little, particularly in the last, longest interview. This is an excellent collection of recollections, thoughts, apperceptions, and scrutiny. (Ismael Reed comes off poorly.) Buy it! You will not be disappointed, particularly if you are favorably inclined toward Baldwin. People on the fence would do well to buy the book to gain insight into one of African-Americans’ best spokesmen. Recognize also that James Baldwin was an individual voice. Each author’s viewpoint leavens the dough of group experience. Once you’ve finished this short collection, buy and read Eddie Glaude, Jr.‘s “ Democracy in Black.”

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant, and revealingH
*by D***R on January 24, 2020*

Had forgotten how brilliant Baldwin is, and reading the interviews it's amazing how he predicted exactly where we are today: white society fearing they will be 'extinguished' or 'overrun' by brown and black peoples, and so beginning new race wars. Even more revealing is the condescension and clear (today) racism and homophobia of some of his interviewers. Read 'Stamped from the Beginning' last year, and it made enough of an impact that in reading these interviews, one can spot even those who are 'trying to elevate' this brilliant black man to their whiteness. Baldwin seems present enough, and brilliant enough, to see al the racist and homophobic comments for what they are - I wished at times these were audio tapes, so I could hear his answers which, just being read, still sound as if they put those interviewers who need it in the place they belong. This is an excellent read for the 21st Century...

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ the changing times of two decades witnessed by james baldwin
*by C***R on May 24, 2020*

if you want to know about james baldwin, baldwin at his best is found in his work, his autobiographical essays, and the biography by his secretary, david leeming. the interviews here belong as much to the body of work of the interviewers as baldwin. four interviews from three periods of his life. the interview conducted by studs terkel, in 1961 at the beginning of the civil rights movement, appeared after the publication of baldwin's book of essays, Nobody Knows My Name. The range of essays reflects the cosmopolitanism of baldwin, his interview of the swedish filmmaker, ingrid bergman, outside stockholm; coming of age in harlem, new york, in the 1930s; his presence at the 1956 conference of negro-african writers and artists held in france--the first day of the meeting in attendance were richard wright, alioune diop, organizer, leopold senghor from senegal, aimie cesaire from martinque, and, representing haiti, jacques alexis and jean price-mars, literary and intellectual luminaries invisible to the western world; and a visit to the segregated american south. terkel’s other questions, based on the book, include baldwin’s observations on Carmen Jones. the film with a black cast, comments by faulkner, ‘minority rights’, the terror embraced by white americans in the presence of black americans, and his experiences with richard wright and norman mailer. two interviews from 1984, conducted respectively by julius lester and richard goldstein. between 1961 and 1984, martin luther king, malcolm x, two kennedy brothers, and medgar evers had been murdered, the war in viet-nam had ended, the black power movement had run its course, civil rights legislation had passed, and large cities in the united states had black mayors. lester’s questions begin with of a young baldwin’s early publications in new york’s intellectual journals and cover generational differences of the black writers who came of age in the sixties and formed the black arts movement, his role as a witness to his times, and celebrity. goldstein’s interview is an inquiry of homosexuality. the term ‘gay’ was not in existence in the 40s and 50s. being gay did not have a strong political agenda or an openly visible presence as san francisco’s castro valley. the homosexuality of which goldstein spoke was a long way from Giovanni’s Room. the final interview, conducted by quincy troupe, took place at baldwin’s home in the south of france in 1987, the year which would see baldwin’s death. troupe was working on his book about miles davis and had gone to see baldwin to ask him about his relationship with the great trumpeter. he had no idea of baldwin’s waning health until baldwin’s brother, david, told him, and asked him to conduct a more extensive interview since troupe’s interview would be aldwin’s last interview, an overview of baldwin’s life.

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