Description: A collection of approaches to the work of an essential black American author who is just as relevant now as he was during his turbulent heyday.
Brief description: D. Quentin Miller is the author of A Criminal Power: James Baldwin and the Law (2012) and Re-Viewing James Baldwin: Things Not Seen (2000). He has also written more than two dozen critical articles on Baldwin and hosted two international Baldwin conferences. He is the co-editor of The Bedford Introduction to Literature (12th Edition, forthcoming) and his recent scholarly books include The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature (2016), American Literature in Transition 1980-1990 (2017), and Understanding John Edgar Wideman (2018).