... Baldwin turned to reading as a way to escape. Baldwin says little about his childhood, commenting only that "it is the usual bleak fantasy, and we can dismiss it with the unrestrained observation that I certainly would not consider living it again" (http://www.oceanrush.com/baldwin.html, pg. ... 1). During his years at Frederick Douglas Junior High School, Baldwin edited the school paper and belonged to a literary club. It was at this time that he came to know Countee Cullen, a faculty member of school ... than his stepfather's. Three years later he decided to leave the church. After gr...

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