The Life and Writing of James Baldwin

This multi-media program can be tailored for community organizations or school groups with content geared toward school aged audiences and/or adult audiences.  Winfield Artists can do a series of discussion sessions on the writing of James Baldwin based on syllabi we have previously developed or using a new syllabus tailored with themes relevant for your organization.  Winfield Artists can also do a single multi-media event exploring the work of James Baldwin that includes images, dramatic readings, music, poetry, and dialogue.

Themes for a single event or discussion series include:

  • Educating Americans

  • Language Has Power

  • The History of NYC

  • Love Over Anger

  • The Meaning of Freedom

  • Any topic in Baldwin’s work that your group wants to examine

Dr. Swindall and Mr. Cooper have facilitated discussions on James Baldwin at more than a dozen venues over several years.  Read more about their public discussions on Baldwin in Dr. Swindall’s articles in the international journal James Baldwin Review: “There Is No Texting at James Baldwin’s Table” and “Sitting at Baldwin’s Table.”

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This program is part of the Public Scholars Project with the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. Non-profit organizations in New Jersey can apply for funding to bring this program to your audience! Details available on the Council’s web site. http://njhumanities.org/humanities-to-go/public-scholars-project/

What I learned from the James Baldwin discussion series