A Dialogue
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A Dialogue is a 1973 collaborative work featuring a multi-topic conversation between writers James Baldwin
and Nikki Giovanni
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The preface was written by Ida Lewis, the afterword by Orde M. Coombs
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It was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
James Baldwin (writer)
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.Baldwin's essays, for instance "Notes of a Native Son" , explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th century America,...
and Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her...
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The preface was written by Ida Lewis, the afterword by Orde M. Coombs
Orde M. Coombs
Orde Musgrave Coombs was an African American writer and editor.He was born on Saint Vincent in the Caribbean in 1939. He received his B.A. degree from Yale University in 1965, where he was the first black student initiated into the secret society Skull and Bones. He earned his M.A. degree from...
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It was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.