TY - JOUR
T1 - Sitting at Baldwin’s table
AU - Swindall, Lindsey R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors. Published by Manchester University Press and The University of Manchester Library
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - Last year, in the dispatch “There Is No Texting at James Baldwin’s Table,” I began to assess the ways in which audiences were engaging with Baldwin’s writing at several public discussions that I co-facilitated with NYC actor/comedian Grant Cooper. Based on the initial reaction to two five-part Baldwin conversations at a high school and middle school in Manhattan, I posited that a need for meaningful communion is drawing people to discuss the writer. As I wrote that article, I was busy scheduling seven new Baldwin discussions in communities across New Jersey and another five-part series in Manhattan. Having completed those sessions, I am pleased to report that Baldwin’s welcome table is indeed a powerful vehicle for engaging in impactful dialogue. This dispatch will demonstrate that discussing Baldwin not only opened an avenue for productive sharing but went further by inspiring people to ask how they could contribute to hastening positive social and personal transformation.
AB - Last year, in the dispatch “There Is No Texting at James Baldwin’s Table,” I began to assess the ways in which audiences were engaging with Baldwin’s writing at several public discussions that I co-facilitated with NYC actor/comedian Grant Cooper. Based on the initial reaction to two five-part Baldwin conversations at a high school and middle school in Manhattan, I posited that a need for meaningful communion is drawing people to discuss the writer. As I wrote that article, I was busy scheduling seven new Baldwin discussions in communities across New Jersey and another five-part series in Manhattan. Having completed those sessions, I am pleased to report that Baldwin’s welcome table is indeed a powerful vehicle for engaging in impactful dialogue. This dispatch will demonstrate that discussing Baldwin not only opened an avenue for productive sharing but went further by inspiring people to ask how they could contribute to hastening positive social and personal transformation.
KW - African-American history
KW - James Baldwin
KW - Public discussion
KW - Public scholarship
KW - The welcome table
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U2 - 10.7227/JBR.5.7
DO - 10.7227/JBR.5.7
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85087315318
SN - 2056-9203
VL - 5
SP - 105
EP - 115
JO - James Baldwin Review
JF - James Baldwin Review
IS - 1
ER -