The shift in Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech–from heartwarming bio to Churchillian call to action–reminds me of the shift in Sonny’s jazz playing in Baldwin’s story.
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Harris’s Speech and a Baldwin Story
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On Falling Leaves and Letting Go
In falling leaves, Clifton finds a graceful faith in letting go. It is a continuing theme for her.
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Act in All Things as Love Will Prompt
My lectures on Flannery O’Connor, James Baldwin, Shakespeare and Sophocles all seem to track back to Lent these days.
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“Sonny’s Blues,” Transcendent Moments
In “Sonny’s Blues, art wars with the world’s darkness and promises momentary relief.
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The Inner City: Stay or Leave?
How do we get young people to stay in the inner city and make it a better place? Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” gives us a sense of what is possible.
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Tiger on the Prowl Again
After years of quietude, Tiger Wood is once again as hungry as a–well, you know what. James Baldwin describes it.
Horror Steps onto the Court
The horror of witnessing Kevin Ware’s horrific basketball injury reminds me of a moment of comparable horror in Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues.”
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