James Baldwin (1924–1987)
Typed draft of “Previous Condition,” undated
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James Baldwin, "Previous Condition"
James Baldwin published his first short story—a study of a young Black actor’s search for identity in 1940s America—in the American Jewish Committee’s Commentary magazine in October 1948 at the age of twenty-four. Five years later, he would publish his debut novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain.
: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
