JAMES BALDWIN
             James Baldwin is from Harlem and was born in August 2 1924; he never knew his father and spend his childhood in poverty... He went to Frederick Douglass Junior High, His mother married a factory worker, when he was only three years old so Baldwin had to consider him as a father, and this man also was storefront preacher. Baldwin adopted the surname from this stepfather. Baldwin started to write when he was twelve and that s when his first story appeared in a church newspaper. Just like many teenagers , he had worked in many jobs to survive .One more thing I have to mention about him is that at the age of 14 he became a preacher at a small fireside Pentecostal church
             Baldwin is one of the best African American writers, he wrote so many great novels that it was a difficulty for me to choose witch one I was going to base my essay on .He 's style of writing amazed me ,and I think it s very attractive the way he write. As I said before, he wrote a lot of books, to just name a few like:
             -Just above my head etc.......
             Two of them impressed me, Go tellit on the mountain and Giovanni 's room,
             Giovanni's room is about a profound connection between race and sexuality, writing in the first person Baldwin is talking about a young, white American who is trying to find himself in post-World War II France. He actually keeps company with the Saint-Germaine crowd of homosexuals, whiles his official American fiancée, is traveling in Spain...well this novel is extremely classic to me , and funny as well ,I felt in love with it because I discovered a part of reality on it, specially those days where gay couple is now an issue in our society. What I mostly like about this book is how Baldwi
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