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"It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive."

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About James Baldwin

James Baldwin was an American writer and public intellectual known for essays, novels, and social criticism on race and identity. His major works include Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time.

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