The Book They Told Him to Burn: The History and Enduring Legacy of Giovanni's Room - Queer Book Club Giovanni's Room turns 70 this year, and Baldwin's Paris love story still cuts just as deep. A young American, a doomed affair, and a reckoning with desire that society refused to name. Seventy years l...

The book they told James Baldwin to burn turns 70 this year. We wrote about its history and why it still matters.

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Quin greu no saber neerlandès per poder oblidar-me dels subtítols i gaudir més encara del fantàstic treball dels intèrprets de #GiovannisRoom, al @teatrenacional.bsky.social . Un gran espectacle, un drama passional ombrívol i intens, amb una escenografia impactant, que adapta la novel•la de👇🏻

John 13:34-35 #gayChristmas #KelseySmoot #JamesBaldwin #GiovannisRoom

The marriage between John and James Baldwin is "joy to the world".

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Audio credit: Cecil Taylor | Free Improvisation No. 3

John 13:34-35 #gayChristmas #KelseySmoot #JamesBaldwin #GiovannisRoom

The marriage between John and James Baldwin is "joy to the world".

Kelsey Smoot
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Giovanni's Room | PDF share.google/xbEt0YUuRgBB...

Audio credit: Cecil Taylor | Free Improvisation No. 3

I probably didn't enjoy Giovanni’s Room quite as much as you did -- but it is hands down a better novel and more real than The City and the Pillar, which was at best grotesque and at worst a hateful book. And I *liked* Gore Vidal!

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Bro I’m still sitting here STUCK pondering on how cold and bitter that ending was 😭

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This was my first read from James Baldwin’s catalogue. What an amazing author he was! Which of his works should I read next??

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Great Classics Book Club at Books on the Hill tonight. Our chosen book was the 50's classic Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Honest, insightful and intelligent discussion from wonderful bookish people. #bookclub #classicbooks #booksonthehillstalbans #giovannisroom #jamesbaldwin

"I think now that if I had had any intimation that the self I was going to find would turn out to be only the same self from which I had spent so much time in flight, I would have stayed at home. But, again, I think I knew, (1/2)

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#JamesBaldwin Honoring his birthday with my first read of #GiovannisRoom (1956). 📚

An Interview With Quintessence Theatre Group In this episode, Charles & Martha sat down with cast members Dito Van Reigersberg and Midge Nease to discuss Quintessence Theater Group's  adaptation of James Baldwin's 'Giovanni's Room.' They also talk about the importance of representation in theater, emphasizing the weight of Baldwin's legacy and the ongoing struggle for self-acceptance and love. They also touch on identity, expression, and the importance of authentic storytelling, particularly within the queer community, and the need for queer voices in creative works. Quintessence Theatre Group's production of James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room" runs until July 6th https://quintessencetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/ https://www.quintessencetheatre.org/ -- Visit our http://linktr.ee/fullcirclethepod -- Please Subscribe and Give Us A Review (5 stars or more, preferably!)  https://www.patreon.com/fullcirclethepod Check out https://medwayprideradio.co.uk/

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Gregory T. Walker, Global Creative Exec. Director of The Brothers’ Network, with Paul Oakley Stovall, director of Giovanni’s Room, at the world premiere of Baldwin’s classic adapted for the stage at Quintessence Theatre! @nytimes.com @whyy.org @npr.org #GiovannisRoom #JamesBaldwin #Theatre

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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1958): A Review

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1958): A Review

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Thank you for all the love and the reposts #bluesky fam. This is the finished piece. I was inspired after finishing the book #GiovannisRoom #ArtSky #QueerArt

a man is sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window . ALT: a man is sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window .

James Baldwin is the beacon of my creative journey—his words inspire me to adapt Giovanni’s Room in the coming years. For those new here, I’m Andy Denson, a visionary ready to transform literature. #JamesBaldwin #GiovannisRoom

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

11/20

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«Ему хотелось верить всем, но он не мог поверить ни одной живой душе».

~Джеймс Болдуин - Комната Джованни~

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When the world gets me down, the soothing voice of one of the most important authors/activists of the 20th century, James Baldwin, helps. #jamesbaldwin #giovannisroom #anothercountry

current read... #GiovannisRoom #Giovanni #1950s #Paris #American #expatriate#expat #JamesBaldwin #Baldwin #Desire #morality #Fiction #controversial #Classic #LGBT #LGBTQIA #Queer #Romance #LiteraryFiction #LitFic #Gay #Vintage #Italian #bartender #InternalizedHomophobia #David #booksky 💙📚

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm reading books by these three amazing authors... #percivaleverett #jamesbaldwin #nanakwameadjeibrenyah #fridayblack #giovannisroom #amreading

PUNCH
BOOK
LOVE
CLUB
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Wednesday, February 19th, 7-9pm in AdMo, DC.

We are reading "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin.

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20 book challenge

Giovanni's Room was the last book I finished.

I have had the privilege to watch countless people realise the true beauty, hidden in plain sight, in their lives.

I only hope I can do a better job than Jacque.

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#giovannisroom is the blueprint for every gay story placed in the 20th century

Ordered myself a Christmas present: UK printing of @garthgreenwell.bsky.social’s #SmallRain (that cover is superb 😍) and a new cloth bound edition of Baldwin’s #GiovannisRoom 🎄🎁

“It is cruel to have made me want to live only to make my death more bloody.” Is one of the most devastating things I have ever read in my life and I will be thinking about it forever 😭😭😭 #GiovannisRoom #BookSky

This photo is of the cover of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. It features a view of a cafe table full of drinks, cups, and glasses. Someone is resting their arms on the table in the foreground to the right, but they are only visible from behind and to their left, with just portions of the arms and hands visible.

“Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.”

15/20

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#JamesBaldwin
#GiovannisRoom

I co-wrote an amazing anthology called #SoulsOfQueerBlackFolk. This was a reading at the #Philadelphia P.A.T. #GiovannisRoom. You should buy a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/soul...