James Baldwin Review

Douglas Field is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth Century American Literature at the University of ManchesterJustin A. Joyce is Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, Evanston, IllinoisDwight A. McBride is Professor of African American Studies, English and Performance Studies at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

If the first volume of JBR is any indication, then the editors have indeed assembled a vibrant and lively collection of powerful scholarship that demonstrates the vitality of Baldwin’s ideas and the continuing resonance of his work today.African American Intellectual History Society

• Introduction: Baltimore is Still Burning: the Rising Relevance of James Baldwin – Justin A. Joyce, Douglas Field, Dwight A. McBrideESSAYS“But Amen is the Price:” James Baldwin and Ray Charles in “The Hallelujah Chorus” – Ed PavlicAfter Decolonization, After Civil Rights: Chinua Achebe and James Baldwin – Bill SchwarzProphecy and Doubt in Just Above My Head – Christopher Z. Hobson“Here Be Dragons:” The Tyranny of the Cityscape in James Baldwin’s Intimate Cartographies – Emma ClearyDISPATCHES“I’m Trying to be as Honest as I Can:” An Interview with James Baldwin (1969) – Rich Blint, Nazar BüyümJames Baldwin: Voyages in Search of Love – David LeemingGoing to Meet James Baldwin in Provence – D. Quentin MillerBIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAYReading and Theorizing James Baldwin: A Bibliographic Essay – Conseula FrancisCONFERENCE REVIEWSExploring Baldwin in Montpellier: The 2014 “James Baldwin: Transatlantic Commuter” Conference – John KeeneReview of New York City’s “The Year of Baldwin” – Michele Elam FORUM: CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS IN PROGRESSJames Baldwin and the Question of Privacy: A Roundtable Conversation at the 2014 American Studies Convention – Brian Norman, Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman, John E. Drabinski, Julius Fleming, Nigel Hatton, Dagmawi Woubshet, Magdalena ZaborowskaMULTI-MEDIA FEATURE ON “SONNY’S BLUES”Evoking Baldwin’s Blues: The Experience of Dislocated Listening – Rashida K. BraggsSonny in the Dark: Jazzing the Blues Spirit and the Gospel Truth in James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” – Steven C. Tracy