Timeless
mike_10009
04-10-2022
Since first reading his writing in high school, I’ve always found James Baldwin’s work powerful, enlightening, and beautiful. I also found it to be of a period. Probably erroneously, but that was the purview of someone who had his head in the sand, trying to hide what and who he was and forcing himself into a life that wasn’t his and would never be. While I like to think I’ve grown and become more aware of the experiences of many more of my fellow humans rather than just those in my barely suburban surrounding, over the past seven years (since 2016) (do the math), Baldwin’s words have exploded into the current zeitgeist in relevance and importance.
James Baldwin was a poet, intellect, observer, activist, and recorder of the human existence from a specific point of view, one that should be read by every thinking, feeling person in the world.
