Letter to Jimmy - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:CatapultISBN-13:9781593766016ISBN-10:1593766017UPC:9781593766016Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, American, LettersAward:2015 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist - Gay Memoir/Biography AwardSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.35Product ID:SCSPTBKK6C
Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin's death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou's ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin's life in context within the greater African diaspora.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:CatapultISBN-13:9781593766016ISBN-10:1593766017UPC:9781593766016Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, American, LettersAward:2015 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist - Gay Memoir/Biography AwardSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.35Product ID:SCSPTBKK6C
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic. A French citizen born in Republic of the Congo, he currently lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches literature and creative writing at UCLA. His books include African Psycho, Letter to Jimmy, Black Bazaar, Tomorrow I'll Be Twenty, The Lights of Pointe-Noire, and Black Moses. Mabanckou has twice been a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, in 2015 and 2017.
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🏆 2015 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist - Gay Memoir/Biography Award
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