1. James Baldwin
During his years at Frederick Douglas Junior High School, Baldwin edited the school paper and belonged to a literary club. ... Notes of a Native Son marked the formal entry of Baldwin into the literary tradition of the personal essay. ... "All thought flows, all is grace, because Baldwin is writing solely from himself, from an inner necessity, which generates a variety of approaches and an affluence of themes and variations" (Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 2, pg. 31). ... "James Baldwin's most valuable quality as a writer is authenticity" (Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 2...
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- Grade Level: High School