{"product_id":"baldwin-styron-and-me-paperback-1","title":"Baldwin, Styron, and Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM?likah Abdelmoumen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Khordoc\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unlikely literary friendship from the past sheds light on the radicalization of public debate around identity, race, and censorship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1961, James Baldwin spent several months in William Styron's guest house. The two wrote during the day, then spent evenings confiding in each other and talking about race in America. During one of those conversations, Baldwin is said to have convinced his friend to write, in first person, the story of the 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. \u003cem\u003eThe Confessions of Nat Turner\u003c\/em\u003e was published to critical acclaim, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1968, and also creating outrage in part of the African American community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, the controversy around cultural appropriation, identity, and the rights and responsibilities of the writer still resonates. In \u003cem\u003eBaldwin, Styron, and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, M?likah Abdelmoumen considers the writers' surprising yet vital friendship from her standpoint as a racialized woman torn by the often unidimensional versions of her identity put forth by today's politics and media. Considering questions of identity, race, equity, and the often contentious public debates about these topics, Abdelmoumen works to create a space where the answers are found by first learning how to listen--even in disagreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM?likah Abdelmoumen\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Chicoutimi in 1972. She lived in Lyon, France, from 2005 to 2017. She holds a PhD in literary studies from the Universit? de Montr?al and has published many articles, short stories, novels, and essays, including \u003cem\u003eLes d?sastr?es\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eDouze ans en France \u003c\/em\u003e(2018), and \u003cem\u003ePetite-Ville\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). She worked as an editor with the Groupe Ville-Marie Litt?rature in Montreal until 2021. She was the editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eLettres qu?b?coises\u003c\/em\u003e, a Qu?bec literary magazine, from 2021 to 2024. \u003cem\u003eBaldwin, Styron, and Me\u003c\/em\u003e is her tenth book (and the first to be translated).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Khordoc\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of French and Canadian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eTours et d?tours: Le mythe de Babel dans la litt?rature contemporaine\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Ottawa Press, 2012). She also considers herself in many ways a frontier-dweller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334203851001,"sku":"9781771966269","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ciqUAY8Q329781771966269_33e41de2-d79a-47ad-a817-0808ce786b2a.webp?v=1769648605","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/baldwin-styron-and-me-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}