One writes out of one thing only - one's own experience. ✨ Autobiograp…

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One writes out of one thing only - one's own experience. ✨ Autobiographical Notes by James A. Baldwin (1952), republished in James A. Baldwin Notes of a Native Son (1955), archive.nytimes.com.
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One writes out of one thing only - one's own experience. ✨ Autobiographical Notes by James A. Baldwin (1952), republished in James A. Baldwin Notes of a Native Son (1955), archive.nytimes.com.

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