A tribute to James Baldwin : Black writers redefine the struggle : proceedings of a conference at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, April 22-23, 1988 featuring Chinua Achebe, Irma McClaurin-Allen, Andrew Salkey, Michael Thelwell, John Edgar Widerman /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities
Other Authors:	Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (honouree.), Achebe, Chinua, Chametzky, Jules (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Amherst, Massachusetts] : Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities : Distributed by University of Massachusetts Press, [1989]
Subjects:	Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses. Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 > Critique et interprétation > Congrès. Baldwin, James, > 1924-1987 Literature > Black authors > History and criticism > Congresses. Blacks > Intellectual life > Congresses. Blacks > Intellectual life. Literature > Black authors. Congresses. Festschriften. Conference papers and proceedings. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

I. ADDRESS : Introduction / Michael Thelwell
"Spelling our Proper Name" / Chinua Achebe
II. READINGS : Introduction / Ketu Katrak
Two poems / Chinua Achebe
From a biography of Leanita McClain, and three poems / Irma McClaurin-Allen
4 Caribbean women poets 2 poems by Salkey / Andrew Salkey
Letters from Death Row--St. Catherine's District Prison, Jamaica / Michael Thelwell
From a novel-in-progress: "Presents" / John Edgar Wideman
III. PANEL DISCUSSION: "I'LL BE SOMEWHERE LISTENING" : Introduction / Esther Terry
Participants: Chinua Achebe, Irma McClaurin-Allen, Michael Thelwell, John Wideman.