Description: Going to Meet the Man : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780679761792 : 0679761799 : 01 May 1995 : A collection of eight short stories that explore with devastating frankness the roots of love, hate, and racial conflict. By turns haunting, heartbreaking, and horrifying, this is a major work by one of America's quintessential writers.
Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin
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