{"title":"James Baldwin's 100th Birthday","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"god-made-my-face-a-collective-portrait-of-james-baldwin","title":"God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaldwin's life and legacy as remembered by a pantheon of artists and writers: from Jamaica Kincaid and Barry Jenkins to Richard Avedon and Alice Neel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen author James Baldwin died in 1987, he left behind an extraordinary body of work: novels, poems, film scripts and, perhaps most indelibly, essays. A friend and supporter of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Medgar Evers, Baldwin was a critical voice in the civil rights movement. After reaching acclaim in his early career as a writer, he struggled to retain the author's \"I,\" while taking on the \"we\" of the people.\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als and growing out of his landmark exhibition at David Zwirner in 2019, \u003ci\u003eGod Made My Face\u003c\/i\u003e brings together an impressive assembly of contributors, ranging from Baldwin biographer David Leeming to novelist Jamaica Kincaid and \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e director Barry Jenkins, to create a memorial mosaic: one that not only mirrors Baldwin's various tones but also closely examines his singular contributions to cinema, theater, the essay and Black American critical studies. These essays are illustrated by artwork from modern and contemporary artists who were either personal contemporaries of Baldwin or directly inspired by his work. 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