Notes of a Native Son - Penguin Modern Classics (Paperback)

A straight-from-the-shoulder writer, writing about the troubled problems of this troubled earth with an illuminating intensity that should influence for the better all who ponder on the things books say Powerful . . . I wish I could press this book into the hands of every American - actually, every human. Edgy and provocative . . . entertainingly satirical A classic . . . Take the words out of the 1950s, when they were published, and they could apply to the women in pink hats, the scientists, the Black Lives Matter activists, the climate-change believers and the LGBTQ-rights supporters who have flooded the streets of Washington this year A classic ... In a divided America, James Baldwin's fiery critiques reverberate anew Cemented his reputation as a cultural seer ... Notes of a Native Son endures as his defining work, and his greatest