{"product_id":"nothing-personal-hardcover","title":"Nothing Personal - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eImani Perry\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eEddie S. Glaude Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin's critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvailable for the first time in a stand-alone edition, \u003ci\u003eNothing Personal\u003c\/i\u003e is Baldwin's deep probe into the American condition. Considering the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020--which were met with tear gas and rubber bullets the same year white supremacists entered the US Capitol with little resistance, openly toting flags of the Confederacy--Baldwin's documentation of his own troubled times cuts to the core of where we find ourselves today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaldwin's thoughts move through an interconnected range of questions, from America's fixation on eternal youth, to its refusal to recognize the past, its addiction to consumerism, and the lovelessness that fuels it in its cities and popular culture. He recounts his own encounter with police in a scene disturbingly similar to those we see today documented with ever increasing immediacy. This edition also includes a new foreword from interdisciplinary scholar Imani Perry and an afterword from noted Baldwin scholar Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Both explore and situate the essay within the broader context of Baldwin's work, the Movement for Black Lives, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the presidency of Donald Trump. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNothing Personal\u003c\/i\u003e is both a eulogy and a declaration of will. In bringing this work into the twenty-first century, readers new and old will take away fundamental and recurring truths about life in the US. It is both a call to action, and an appeal to love and to life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of America's foremost writers. His writing explores palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he lived periodically in exile in the south of France and in Turkey. He is the author of several novels and books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf Beale Street Could Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust Above My Head\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Name in the Street\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Evidence of Things Not Seen\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eJimmy's Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eImani Perry\u003c\/b\u003e is the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBreathe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLooking for Lorraine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEddie S. Glaude Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University. His books include \u003ci\u003eBegin Again \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Democracy in Black\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.1 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699661115455,"sku":"9780807006429","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8a6cee4008cfa395827d97a9e5d65f8d.webp?v=1765014078","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/nothing-personal-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}