Chapter 17 - Rendezvous with Life
This episode discusses an interview that teenage Baldwin conducted in the Magpie. Also discussed, is James Baldwin's student/teacher relationship with Harlem Renaissance poet, Countee Cullen. Elena...
8 Nov 202342min
Chapter 16 - Judgment Day
In this poem, titled "Judgment Day" young James Baldwin again experiments with the usage of African American Vernacular English. Professor Roberts argues that this poem is the most defiant of Baldwin...
1 Nov 202323min
Chapter 15 - Loose Stone Rolling
In his latter years at DeWitt Clinton High School, James Baldwin wrote a poem titled “Loose Stone Rolling.” Professor Roberts argues that young Baldwin was proclaiming his life’s purpose with this po...
25 Okt 202324min
Chapter 14 - Sonnet
Also Professor Roberts and Aldo discuss "Sonnet," they borrow some of their thoughts from Professor Roberts' students. The duo continue with the theme of "peer collaboration" and introduce another on...
18 Okt 202326min
Chapter 13 - Incident in London
One of the more noteworthy elements about "The Magpie," is the element of peer collaboration. While James Baldwin, the "Magpie" editor and writer, is the subject of this podcast, young Baldwin was al...
11 Okt 202330min
Chapter 12 - Aunt Tina
"Aunt Tina," the fourth short story that James Baldwin wrote for "The Magpie," may have been the inspiration for some of the fictional characters that James Baldwin would go on create in his later yea...
4 Okt 202325min
Chapter 11 - Mississippi Legend
Mississippi Legend is one of the short stories that James Baldwin wrote in "The Magpie." Aldo suggests that the manner in which this short story was written, introduced the boys of Clinton High Scho...
27 Sep 202323min
