James Baldwin

  • Five landmark LGBTQIA2S+ books

    It’s Pride Month! In honour of celebrating Pride Month, I’ll be sharing some LGBTQIA2S+ book recommendations. Keep checking in each week for more recommendations. LGBTQIA2S+ = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, and plus (anyone who doesn’t fit into one specific category) Landmarks are things that stand out to us and help us…

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  • A fool like him

    Excerpt from Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin This is an excerpt from the book Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin. Beyond Sixth Avenue the movie houses began, and now he studied the stills carefully, trying to decide which of all these theaters he should enter. He stopped at…

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  • When he had read all the books

    This is a quote from the book Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! Go Tell It On the Mountain – Summary “Mountain,” Baldwin said, “is the book I had to write if I was ever going to…

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  • Classics to read for Pride Month

    It’s Pride Month! In honour of celebrating Pride Month, I’ll be sharing some LGBTQIA2S+ book recommendations. Keep checking in each week for more recommendations. Are you tired of reading classics by boring old white men? Here’s your chance to read some queer friendly classics! Even though most classics represent heteronormative relationships, there have always been…

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  • I could not share…

    This is a quote from The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. Have you read this book? I’d love to hear your thoughts in a comment below! The Fire Next Time – Summary Here is the book summary from Goodreads: At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing…

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