James Baldwin on Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Native Son is a big one for me nymag.com/news/frank-r...

Excerpts From James Baldwin’s ‘Everybody’s Protest Novel’ -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a very bad novel, having, in its self-righteous, virtuous sentimentality, much in common with Little Women. Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emo...

I love Baldwin's book reviews. They are so sharp and illuminating, a real demonstration of how good criticism changes the way we understand things. Fundamentally different than just having an opinion