Notes of a Native Son is a collection of ten essays by James Baldwin, published in 1955, mostly tackling issues of race in America and Europe.
The volume, as his first non-fiction book, compiles essays of Baldwin that had previously appeared in such magazines as Harper's Magazine, Partisan Review, and The New Leader.[2]
Notes of a Native Son is widely regarded as a classic of the autobiographical genre.[3] The Modern Library placed it at number 19 on its list of the 100 best 20th-century nonfiction books.[4]
