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Jimmy's Blues,
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This review is from: Jimmy's Blues: Selected Poems (Paperback)
I never read poetry, but I've read 19 of his other books, so I ordered this one. Most of the poems are topical, and very few are about love. An extra thrill for Baldwin fans!
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stagerlee wonders,
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This review is from: Jimmy's Blues: Selected Poems (Paperback)
Stagelee wonders how white folks think black folk make it and survive while they colonize, pillage, and plunder the rest of the world. Baldwin lays out with specificity, the "crimes" of the oppressor and warns with wit, sarcasm, and passion, that we hold the secret and wisdom to the world, as well as a promise of eternal life. He "prophecies" hell as the eventually resting place of the oppressor. Two other poets that seem to form a trilogy with "Stagerlee Wonders", are "A lover's Question", and "Song (for skip). I had not heard of his poetry; what a wonderful collection on passionate gems!
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Jimmy's Blues: Selected Poems by James Baldwin (Hardcover - Jan. 1986)
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