How Did James Baldwin Define Himself? - Jewelle Gomez's new play examines the writer's dueling identities
Jewelle Gomez's new play examines the writer's dueling identities---What do you do when what's oppressing you also nurtures and sustains you? In Waiting for Giovanni, playwright Jewelle Gomez examines James Baldwin's complicated relationship with the burgeoning civil rights movement while penning his 1956 novel Giovanni's Room. Though now considered a classic, the book was the height of taboo in its time due to its e…