James Baldwin was an incredibly prolific writer. Consider his other works: his novels, Giovanni's Room (1956), Another Country (1962), Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968), If Beale Street Could Talk (1974), and Just Above My Head (1979); essays, Notes of A Native Son (1955), Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son (1961), The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), The Devil Finds Work (1976), The Price of the Ticket (1985), and The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1985); plays, The Amen Corner (1954) and Blues for Mister Charlie (1964); stories, Going to Meet the Man (1965); and poems, Jimmy's Blues (1983).
Consider Richard Wright, who acted as a literary...
