{"product_id":"james-baldwin-the-last-interview-other-conversations","title":"James Baldwin: The Last Interview \u0026 Other Conversations","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"h3 mb-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I was not born to be what someone said I was. I was not born to be defined by someone else, but by myself, and myself only.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen, in the fall of 1987, the poet Quincy Troupe traveled to the south of France to interview James Baldwin, Baldwin’s brother David told him to ask Baldwin about everything—Baldwin was critically ill and David knew that this might be the writer’s last chance to speak at length about his life and work. The result is one of the most eloquent and revelatory interviews of Baldwin’s career, a conversation that ranges widely over such topics as his childhood in Harlem, his close friendship with Miles Davis, his relationship with writers like Toni Morrison and Richard Wright, his years in France, and his ever-incisive thoughts on the history of race relations and the African-American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso collected here are significant interviews from other moments in Baldwin’s life, including an in-depth interview conducted by Studs Terkel shortly after the publication of Nobody Knows My Name. These interviews showcase, above all, Baldwin’s fearlessness and integrity as a writer, thinker, and individual, as well as the profound struggles he faced along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Details \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication date: \u003c\/strong\u003e2nd December 2014\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Paperback \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Bookbag Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42368322338967,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/products\/9781612194004.jpg?v=1659011115","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.mom\/products\/james-baldwin-the-last-interview-other-conversations","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}