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James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories (Library of America, 970 pp., $35)

James Baldwin: Collected Essays (Library of America, 869 pp., $35)

About the Author

Terry Teachout is the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. Satchmo at the Waldorf, his 2011 play about Louis Armstrong, has been produced off Broadway and throughout America.

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James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories (Library of America, 970 pp., $35)

James Baldwin: Collected Essays (Library of America, 869 pp., $35)

About the Author

Terry Teachout

Terry Teachout is the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. Satchmo at the Waldorf, his 2011 play about Louis Armstrong, has been produced off Broadway and throughout America.