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W. Kamau Bell on James Baldwin and Maya Angelou

Significant Others

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I Think That if James Baldwin Had Been Around, He'd Have Had His Reverberations

"i think maya really can't underestimate the sort of the opera effect on how she sits in the culture," says author. "I don't know that he had a similar emotional impact at the scale that she did, because maybe because he wasn't the first or the third persided." The book is published by Simon & Schuster and goes on sale September 14.

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