The Toilette of Venus

James Baldwin is having a revival of sorts, in 2020 and continuing in 2021, in the mass media as renewed attention is brought to his writings on civil rights.  The Fire Next Time is again being referenced for its eloquent prose and condemnation of American racism.   In Jed Jackson’s painting, titled, The Toilette of Venus, the James Baldwin image plays …

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