Going to Meet the Man

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book short story collection

Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story collection by James Baldwin that explores themes of race, violence, sexuality, and power in mid-20th-century America.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
addresses systemic racism in the United States ⓘ
author James Baldwin ⓘ
containsWork Come Out the Wilderness ⓘ
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Sonny's Blues ⓘ
The Man Child ⓘ
The Outing ⓘ
The Rockpile ⓘ
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresTheme Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

identity ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
power ⓘ
race ⓘ
racial violence ⓘ
racism ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
hasAuthor James Baldwin ⓘ
hasCriticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
hasSubject African-American experience ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
memory ⓘ
music ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
violence ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Civil Rights era literature ⓘ
notableStory Going to Meet the Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Going to Meet the Man (short story)

Sonny's Blues ⓘ
This Morning, This Evening, So Soon ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre later short fiction collection by James Baldwin ⓘ
publicationYear 1965 ⓘ
publisher Dial Press ⓘ
setInPeriod mid-20th-century America ⓘ
titleStory Going to Meet the Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Going to Meet the Man (short story)
writtenBy James Baldwin ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Going to Meet the Man (short story)