{"product_id":"the-cross-of-redemption-uncollected-writings-9780307275967","title":"The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Baldwin on race is Baldwin on the white American psyche.... \u003ci\u003eThe Cross of Redemption \u003c\/i\u003ebecomes an absorbing portrait of Baldwin's time--and of him.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA revelation by an American literary master: a gathering of essays, articles, polemics, reviews, and interviews that have never before appeared in book form. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the past century, renowned for his fierce engagement with issues haunting our common history. In \u003ci\u003eThe Cross of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e we have Baldwin discoursing on, among other subjects, the possibility of an African-American president and what it might mean; the hypocrisy of American religious fundamentalism; the black church in America; the trials and tribulations of black nationalism; anti-Semitism; the blues and boxing; Russian literary masters; and the role of the writer in our society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProphetic and bracing, \u003ci\u003eThe Cross of Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome and important addition to the works of a cosmopolitan and canonical American writer who still has much to teach us about race, democracy, and personal and national identity. As Michael Ondaatje has remarked, \"If van Gogh was our nineteenth-century artist-saint, Baldwin  was] our twentieth-century one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307275967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.29w x 0.82d","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635556053148,"sku":"9780307275967","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c510ca04-af58-4e45-94b5-933446acb778.jpg?v=1603839887","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cross-of-redemption-uncollected-writings-9780307275967","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}