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Carl Sandburg Inducted Into The American Poets Corner At St. John The Divine In Harlem

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine will celebrate the legacy of American poet, editor and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg (1878 –1967) with his induction into its American Poets Corner.Continue reading

The Terrie M. Williams Agency Closing

Terrie M. Williams, one of the country's premiere public relations professionals, whose firm has represented some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports and business, has announced that the company that bears her name will be closing in September 2018.Continue reading

Raoul Peck Talks “The Young Karl Marx” At Build

Written and directed by director of "I'm Not Your Negro," about Harlem's James Baldwin Raoul Peck, "The Young Karl Marx" follows a 26-year-old writer, researcher and radical named Karl Marx as he embarks, with his wife Jenny, on the road to exile in an age that has created both new prosperity and new problems. Continue reading

France: Introducing The Saint-Paul de Vence James Baldwin Writer-in-Residence Program

In honor of the 30th anniversary of the death of James Baldwin, the France-based nonprofit association Les Amis de la Maison Baldwin announces plans to award to an emerging writer a one-month fellowship in Saint-Paul de Vence, the village on the Cote d'Azur where for 17 years Baldwin made his home.Continue reading

Harlem’s Native Son, An Interview With James Baldwin, 1962

On the 22nd of November, 1962, as his second novel, Another Country, is about to be published, James Baldwin spoke to The Guardian about his return to New York after nearly nine years in France.Continue reading

What Might James Baldwin Say?

By Diane Richard As a black girl growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the 1960’s, I was mesmerized whenever I saw James Baldwin on television, a dark skinned “Negro” man with piercing, animated eyes, exuding the confidence and intellect equal to any white person I had ever seen and heard before. Continue reading

We Look Forward To “My Soul Looks Back” By Jessica B. Harris In Harlem

Jessica B. Harris, preeminent culinary scholar of the African Diaspora, cookbook author, and journalist, pens a memoir about a time in her life shaped by a romance with fellow college professor Sam Floyd, as well as friendships and chance encounters with cultural icons James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, and Nina Simone. Continue reading

Carl Sandburg Inducted Into The American Poets Corner At St. John The Divine In Harlem

The Terrie M. Williams Agency Closing

Raoul Peck Talks “The Young Karl Marx” At Build

France: Introducing The Saint-Paul de Vence James Baldwin Writer-in-Residence Program

Harlem’s Native Son, An Interview With James Baldwin, 1962

What Might James Baldwin Say?

We Look Forward To “My Soul Looks Back” By Jessica B. Harris In Harlem

New ‘James Baldwin,’ T-Shirt From Harlem World Gear (15% Discount)

Schomburg Center Acquires Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins’ Personal Archive (Photographs)

Rich Blint And Darryl Pinckney Talk James Baldwin With The Schomburg (Audio)

James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time: A Conversation In Photographs And Prose In Harlem

James Baldwin’s Personal Archive Headed To Harlem

Claude Lewis, Harlem Native And Founder Of National Association of Black Journalists, Dies At 82

A James Baldwin Literacy Across Harlem Day

The Schomburg Center And Maysles Documentary Center Present: ‘I Am Not A Negro’ In Harlem