![]() The beauty of this book is not just that it's deeply personal, but that it's also extraordinarily scholarly. James Baldwin is a man for our moment: in a time of Black Lives Matter we've come to think about our past, our colonial history, enslavement, matters of race and identity. Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2021 ‘An urgent, deeply interesting book’ RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVER deeply personal and yet immensely readable’ SARA COLLINS, GUARDIAN It is at once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a more just future. ![]() Seamlessly combining biography with history, memoir and trenchant analysis of our moment, Begin Again bears witness to the difficult truth of race in America. ![]() ‘Incredibly moving and stirring’ DIANA EVANSĭrawing insight and inspiration from Baldwin’s writings, Glaude suggests we can find hope and guidance through an era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. ![]() ‘Begin Again is that rare thing: an instant classic’ PANKAJ MISHRA ![]()
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