![]() ![]() And it is sometimes all of these things at once (xviii). It is sometimes autobiographical, sometimes historical, sometimes philosophical, and sometimes polemical. The subject of Begin Again is captured in its subtitle: “James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.” In the introduction, Glaude calls the book “strange” due to its defiance of genre. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton, has achieved a rare feat: he has written an intellectually serious and challenging book that has gained the attention of many readers beyond the academy, with the book even climbing onto the New York Times bestseller list. The perils of white supremacy are always urgent for folks at the margins of our society, but this book arrives in a historical moment when it appears the broader zeitgeist is more attentive to these perils than usual. ![]() Review of Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.Įddie S. ![]()
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