Notes of a Native Son PRH Staff Picks and uncertain

and uncertain

the only Jamaican mother—who is also a touring comedienne—at a prep school feels pressure to volunteer in the school’s International Day

the tolls they’ve paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history

At the bustling crossroads of the American South and Southwest

Change in our lives--whether it be welcome

Notes of a Native Son PRH Staff Picks and uncertain#26 on The Guardian's list of 100 best nonfiction books of all time, the essays explore what it means to be Black in AmericaIn an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. With films like I Am Not Your Negro and the forthcoming If Beale Street Could Talk bringing renewed interest to Baldwin's life and work, Notes of