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Themes: Literary Figures • Essays • Literary Criticism

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A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for On James Baldwin by Colm Toibin — spanning Comparative Literature, Civil Rights, Literary Figures and featuring authors such as Antonia Fraser, Primo Levi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Gore Vidal, and others.