October 2016
The “October 2016” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on October 4, 2016.
Critics Page
We Pluck this Flower Safely:
James Baldwin and the Present, Nettle Danger– By Rich Blint"A House Built on Bondage Cannot Stand"
– By Chris WinksEach of Us Contains the Other:
James Baldwin's Steadfast Morality– By Claudia Roth PierpontThe General is in the House
– By Patricia Spears JonesCourting the End of the World:
Heeding James Baldwin's Invitation to take up a Dangerous Morality– By James T. RoaneThe Victory Not Yet Won
– By John Keene"Love is a Growing Up"
– By Erica HuntThe Seer: James Baldwin and the (Death) Mask in Immarginations
– By Tracie Morris