(“James Baldwin’s Immense Metamorphosis” digital painting by Aberjhani ©2024) Dear Readers,
Please enjoy this excerpt from a work in progress presented in honor of the James Baldwin Centennial 2024. 
On December 2, 1987, I was proudly seated in front of a brand new word processor, a technological upgrade from my plug-in electric typewriter, tapping away at the keys to complete the first draft of a novel when news came that author James Baldwin had died at his home in Saint-Paul-de-Vence,...