Editing James Baldwin (section)

==Major Works==

===Novels===

* '''''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain]]''''' (1953) — Baldwin's debut novel, drawing on his Harlem childhood and religious upbringing.
* '''''[[Giovanni's Room]]''''' (1956) — A groundbreaking novel set in Paris about a white American man's affair with an Italian bartender, notable for its frank treatment of homosexuality at a time when such subject matter was largely taboo.
* '''''Another Country''''' (1962) — A sprawling novel set in New York City exploring race, bisexuality, and bohemian life.
* '''''Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone''''' (1968) — A novel about a Black bisexual actor reflecting on his rise to fame.
* '''''[[If Beale Street Could Talk]]''''' (1974) — A love story set in Harlem about a young couple separated by a false criminal accusation. Later adapted into an [[Academy Award]]-winning film by [[Barry Jenkins]] in 2018.
* '''''Just Above My Head''''' (1979) — Baldwin's final novel, tracing the life of a gospel singer through the lens of his brother's memory.

===Essays and Non-Fiction===

Baldwin was as celebrated for his essays as for his fiction. His non-fiction is marked by a commanding prose style that blends personal memoir with sweeping political analysis.

* '''''Notes of a Native Son''''' (1955) — A landmark essay collection examining race in America and Baldwin's own life.
* '''''Nobody Knows My Name''''' (1961) — Essays on race, identity, and the Black writer's relationship to American culture.
* '''''[[The Fire Next Time]]''''' (1963) — Perhaps his most famous non-fiction work, consisting of two essays that confront the history of racial oppression in America with prophetic urgency. It became a touchstone of the Civil Rights era.
* '''''No Name in the Street''''' (1972) — A memoir-essay reflecting on the assassinations of [[Medgar Evers]], [[Malcolm X]], and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
* '''''The Evidence of Things Not Seen''''' (1985) — An examination of the Atlanta child murders and their racial context.

===Plays===

* '''''The Amen Corner''''' (written 1954, produced 1955) — A play set in a Harlem church exploring faith, family, and hypocrisy.
* '''''Blues for Mister Charlie''''' (1964) — A play inspired by the murder of [[Emmett Till]], examining racial violence and justice.