Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

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novel

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone is a 1968 novel by James Baldwin that explores race, sexuality, identity, and artistic life in America through the story of a Black stage actor.

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Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone 8
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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
author James Baldwin ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores Black masculinity ⓘ
artistic integrity ⓘ
political commitment ⓘ
religion and spirituality ⓘ
followsWork Another Country ⓘ
Giovanni's Room ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
LGBT literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Barbara ⓘ
Caleb Proudhammer ⓘ
Christopher ⓘ
Florence Proudhammer ⓘ
hasForm novel in chapters ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
hasReception controversial at time of publication ⓘ
mixed critical reviews ⓘ
hasSubject African-American experience ⓘ
bisexuality ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasTitle Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone self-link ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Leo Proudhammer ⓘ
movement African-American Civil Rights era literature ⓘ
notableFor frank depiction of Black sexuality ⓘ
intersection of art and politics in a Black artist's life ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre James Baldwin ⓘ
surface form: James Baldwin bibliography
protagonistEthnicity Black ⓘ
protagonistOccupation stage actor ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Dial Press ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
theme art and politics ⓘ
artistic life ⓘ
fame ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
interracial relationships ⓘ
political radicalism ⓘ
race ⓘ
racism in America ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century ⓘ

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Caleb Proudhammer → appearsIn → Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone ⓘ
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