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Danielle Deadwyler in “The Piano Lesson,” and the Authors of “How Democracies Die” on the New Democratic Minority
The actress discusses her new film, which was adapted from an August Wilson play. And two leading political scientists explain why voters failed to defend democracy: We never do.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Nikki Giovanni on James Baldwin's Anger
In 1971, the young poet and writer Nikki Giovanni had a job in television and when she was asked who she’d like to record a conversation with, she suggested James Baldwin.
Notes from America with Kai Wright
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain
As babies, our brains are open. As adults, our brains close. But what if we could reopen them? What a trip.
Radiolab
Author Colm Toibin on James Baldwin’s Interiority
Early on in life, award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin saw connections between his religious upbringing in Ireland and James Baldwin’s in Harlem.
Notes from America with Kai Wright
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