Colm Tóibín: On James Baldwin Silke Otto-Knapp and Clichy Sous Bois in

and Clichy Sous Bois in Paris

and artists who knew him best

the ascent of the smooth city corrodes the democratic and emancipatory potential of cities

and early ecology

Colm Tóibín: On James Baldwin Silke Otto-Knapp and Clichy Sous Bois inBrandeis University Press, 2024, hardcover, 168 pages, 13. 3 x 20. 3 cm Colm Tibns personal account of encountering James Baldwins work, published in Baldwins centenary year. Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tibn first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. He had even considered entering a seminary and was searching for