Next selection for our weekly book club is NOTES OF A NATIVE SON, an essay by JAMES BALDWIN. A timely read, a classic read. James Baldwin had  the ability to thoughtfully, beautifully, honestly transfer his brilliant and complex mind onto the page. You can download the essay here.

In the essay, Baldwin paints a vivid recollection of his time growing up with a paranoid father who was dying TB, and his initial experience with segregation. His father's funeral was on his 19th birthday, the same day as the Harlem Riot of 1943. How does Baldwin's essay reflect our experience more than 50 years later? Join Paragraph’s Slack to join the discussion! (meet in #book-club channel) FREE. (Basic Membership suggested)