James Baldwin and the 1980s: Witnessing the Reagan Era Ig Publishing Calhoun offers a brave and

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James Baldwin and the 1980s: Witnessing the Reagan Era Ig Publishing Calhoun offers a brave andBy the 1980s, critics and the public alike considered James Baldwin irrelevant. Yet Baldwin remained an important, prolific writer until his death in 1987. Indeed, his work throughout the decade pushed him into new areas, in particular an expanded interest in the social and psychological consequences of popular culture and mass media. Joseph Vogel offers the first in depth look at Baldwin's dynamic final decade of work. Delving into the writer's