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Baldwin is perhaps best known for his searing social commentary in collections like Notes of a Native Son (1955) and The Fire Next Time

One winter, the vampire court from New Orleans sent an emissary. Tall, pale, scarred across the throat from some old war. He stood in Baldwin’s doorway and said, “You’re wasting eternity. You could have anything. Why this? Why her?” James Baldwin Vk

: Widely shared for its groundbreaking exploration of identity and desire. Notes of a Native Son Baldwin is perhaps best known for his searing

But it is also a warning. Digital archives are fragile. They depend on the goodwill of anonymous moderators and the indifference of censors. Should the Kremlin decide that James Baldwin is a “foreign agent” (a real legal designation in Russia), those groups could vanish overnight. You could have anything

: A semi-autobiographical look at faith and family in Harlem. Show more

The Digital Echo: Searching for James Baldwin on VK

On VK (Vkontakte), several communities and personal pages host useful texts, digital copies, and discussions regarding the works of James Baldwin