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Maria Popova @MariaPopova · Mar 22, 2022
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Remembering Chinua Achebe, who returned to the great mystery 9 years ago today, with his superb forgotten conversation with James Baldwin about the world-changing power of art:

Book May 1, 1989
Conversations with James Baldwin
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Maria Popova @MariaPopova · Jan 28, 2022
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“Those who tell you ‘Do not put too much politics in your art’… are the same people who are quite happy with the situation as it is… What they are saying is don’t upset the system.” Baldwin's superb forgotten conversation with Achebe:

Book May 1, 1989
Conversations with James Baldwin
by James Baldwin
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