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James Baldwin: Sonny’s Blues

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn’t any other tale to tell, it’s the only light we’ve got in … Continue reading →

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James Baldwin: The Uses of the Blues

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

The title “The Uses of the Blues” does not refer to music; I don’t know anything about music. It does refer to the experience of life, or the state of being, out of which the blues come. Now, I am … Continue reading →

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For James Baldwin: “Telling it like it is”

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Julius Gavroche

If the hope of givingis to love the living,the giver risks madnessin the act of giving. Some such lesson I seemed to seein the faces that surrounded me. Needy and blind, unhopeful, unlifted,what gift would give them the gift to … Continue reading →

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