Cover of the book 'If Beale Street Could Talk' by James Baldwin, featuring a silhouette of a person's profile against a stylized background with a red car and a street scene.

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin
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We are in Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant.

Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families to win justice for Fonny.

To this love story James Baldwin brings a spare and impassioned intensity, charging it with universal resonance and power.
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An anti-racist social enterprise bookstore specialising in BIPOC books.

Only about 11% of books published are by BIPOC authors — so unless you specifically seek out books by BIPOC authors, you aren't likely to find very many of them organically. At Amplify, BIPOC authors are highlighted and celebrated. Here, they don't have to fight to be seen, and you don't have to fight to find them.

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