James Baldwin "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy" in Esquire (May 1961)
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Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex. You thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.
— James Baldwin on Money
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About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
About James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.
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