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Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Author), & 2 more Format: Audible Audiobook
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A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present moment and imagine a new future into being.
The struggles of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America have been challenged by the presidency of Donald Trump, a president whose time in the White House represents the latest failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race.
For James Baldwin, a similar attempt to force a confrontation with the truth of America's racism came in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement and was answered with the murders of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In the years from the publication of The Fire Next Time in 1963 to that of No Name in the Street in 1972, Baldwin - the great creative artist, often referred to as 'the poet of the revolution' - became a more overtly political writer, a change that came at great professional and personal cost. But from that journey, Baldwin emerged with a sense of renewed purpose about the necessity of pushing forward in the face of disillusionment and despair.
America is at a crossroads. Drawing insight and inspiration from Baldwin's writings, Glaude suggests we can find hope and guidance through our own era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Seamlessly combining biography with history, memoir and trenchant analysis of our moment, Begin Again bears witness to the difficult truth of race in America. It is at once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a more just future.
'Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again.' (James Baldwin)
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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Listening Length 7 hours and 44 minutes
Author Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Narrator Eddie S. Glaude
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date 14 January 2021
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B08QZV7632
Best Sellers Rank 219,043 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
50 in Black & African American Literary Criticism
167 in African American Demographic Studies
304 in Racism & Discrimination Studies
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LWT
5 out of 5 stars
Insightful
Reviewed in the United States on 1 March 2026
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I was a reader of James Baldwin many years ago. Through Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. I learned just how relevant that he is today.
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Honesty Dinkum
5 out of 5 stars
James Baldwin - at his best!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2025
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Fascinating read!!!
gripping narrative; intertwined with historical content
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Deep Reader
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Spotlight on a most significant author.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2021
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A brilliant book.
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Relevance Matters
Reviewed in the United States on 13 September 2025
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An excellent reading. Awesome!
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Trooper Joe
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Excellent read
Reviewed in the United States on 14 August 2025
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An excellent commentary on current events and the writings of J Baldwin. Powerful.
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