Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. Glaude is the author of number books, including Democracy in Black- How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul. He hails from Moss Point, Mississippi, a small town on gulf coast, and is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
I loved Eddie Glaude's Begin Again. 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. The beauty of this book is not just that it's deeply
personal, but that it's also extraordinarily scholarly . . .
You're left with an understanding of the extraordinary
modernity, relevance and the immense power of James Baldwin. It's a
simply wonderful book -- Philippe Sands
Begin Again is an essayistic marvel, circling and folding back
on itself as Baldwin's musings in the past and Glaude's analysis of
the present give meaning to each other . . . a scholarly, deeply
personal, and yet immensely readable meditation, a masterful
reckoning with the "latest betrayal" of the American ideal -- Sara
Collins * Guardian *
Timely, powerful . . . Glaude invites us with him to "read Baldwin
to the end" and reveals a writer, not spent, but rather
illuminating the path beyond despair - the work of a saint if ever
there was such a thing -- Ashish Ghadiali * Observer *
A call to confront the truth and legacies of the traumatic birth of
America . . . urgent . . . original -- Sujit Sivasundaram * History
Today, Books of the Year *
Begin Again is that rare thing: an instant classic -- Pankaj
Mishra, author of The Age of Anger
An unparalleled masterpiece of social criticism. Glaude thinks
alongside America's finest essayist, matching the master's
firepower, brilliance, courage, and sensitivity at every turn . . .
breathtaking -- Imani Perry, author of Breathe and Looking for
Lorraine
Incredibly moving and stirring. Begin Again. . . underlines
just how relevant and crucial Baldwin's work has always been and
always will be -- Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People
A powerful indictment of racial injustice in the US written in
conversation with the writings of James Baldwin . . . whose wisdom
should be part of our conversations today * New Statesman *
Begin Again speaks to a global Black Lives Matter movement . .
. A riveting read -- Raymond Antrobus, author of The
Perseverance
The magic of Begin Again is that it allows us to ponder
Baldwin both in his perilous era and in our own. Remarkable, and
remarkably relevant -- Tracy K. Smith, author of Pulitzer
Prize-winning Life on Mars
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