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The Sunday Times

1960s

Baldwin mentioned in a piece about the changing landscape of American writing (6 May 1962)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about the Prix Formentor prize (13 May 1962)

Baldwin mentioned in relation to a party at which he was the guest of honour, and which was also attended by basketball star Wilt Chamberlain (8 Jul 1962)

Baldwin lauded by Edmund Wilson in an interview as one of the finest American writers (2 Sep 1962)

Baldwin mentioned in a piece about the New York literary scene (2 Sep 1962)

Baldwin praised by John Steinbeck in an interview (16 Dec 1962)

Frederic Raphael review of Another Country (3 Feb 1963)

Michael Joseph display ad for Another Country (Sunday Times) (3 Feb 1963)

Feb. 10, 1963: 25 Michael Joseph display ad for Another Country, with endorsement from Frederick Raphael (Sunday Times) (10 Feb 1963)

Display ad for Another Country (Sunday Times) (10 Feb 1963)

Display ad for Another Country (Sunday Times #2) (17 Feb 1963)

Michael Joseph display ad for Another Country (Sunday Times #2) (3 Mar 1963)

Another Country listed second among February best-sellers (3 Mar 1963)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of Dan Jacobson’s Time of Arrival (31 Mar 1963)

Another Counter listed sixth in March best-sellers (31 Mar 1963)

A short description of Baldwin’s appearance on TV programme Bookstand (21 Apr 1963)

A report on the riots in Birmingham, Alabama. Baldwin discussed by a couple of students beings interviewed (12 May 1963)

Baldwin quoted in a piece about the singer Ray Charles (12 May 1963)

Baldwin referenced in a review of Sarah Patton Boyle’s The Desegregated Heart (19 May 1963)

Baldwin quoted extensively in a report on a meeting with Attorney General Robert Kennedy (26 May 1963)

Extracts from The Fire Next Time printed in the Sunday Times (30 Jun 1963)

Two letters to the editor in response to the recent extracts from The Fire Next Time (7 Jul 1963)

Julian Mitchell reviews The Fire Next Time (14 Jul 1963)

The Fire Next Time listed 4th in the current best-sellers (28 Jul 1963)

The Fire Next Time listed 2nd in the current best-sellers (1 Sep 1963)

Baldwin referenced in a review of David Storey’s Radcliffe (15 Sep 1963)

A report on an event held at Howard University, Washington’s “negro university”, on the theme of ‘Youth, non-violence and social change’. Baldwin is one of the lead participants (10 Nov 1963)

Another Country listed among other titles in a display ad for The Book Club (17 Nov 1963)

A detailed profile of Baldwin (15 Dec 1963)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of Rudolf Vrba’s I Cannot Forgive (2 Feb 1964)

Michael Joseph display ad for Notes of a Native Son and Nobody Knows My Name (Sunday Times) (23 Feb 1964)

Clancy Sigal reviews Notes of a Native Son and Nobody Knows My Name (23 Feb 1964)

Michael Joseph display ad for Notes of a Native Son and Nobody Knows My Name (Sunday Times #2) (22 Mar 1964)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of Charles Wright’s The Messenger (22 Mar 1964)

Preview of Blues for Mr Charlie (23 Aug 1964)

A short interview with Baldwin (6 Sep 1964)

Display ad for The Fire Next Time, with an endorsement by The Observer (6 Sep 1964)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of Brendan Behan’s New York (27 Sep 1964)

In Black & White – a collaborative piece between Baldwin and Richard Avedon, printed across several pages, with pictures (11 Oct 1964)

Display ad listing several books, including Black Voices: New Writing by American Negroes, containing contributions from Baldwin and several other writers (18 Oct 1964)

A preview of Nothing Personal by Baldwin and Richard Avedon (18 Oct 1964)

Baldwin referenced in a jazz review (1 Nov 1964)

Review of Nothing Personal by Baldwin and Richard Avedon (29 Nov 1964)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about the English influence on American youth culture (24 Jan 1965)

Nothing Personal listed in a display ad for Reader’s Boutique (24 Jan 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a review of a televised adaptation of Fable, a John Hopkins play (31 Jan 1965)

Classified ad for a production of Blues for Mr Charlie by The Actors Studio Theatre (21 Feb 1965)

Another Country listed in recommended paperbacks (21 Feb 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a review of Ulli Beier’s Black Orpheus (21 Feb 1965)

Preview of Blues for Mr Chalie at the Aldwych Theatre (28 Feb 1965)

Listing for The Amen Corner at the Edinburgh International Festival (Sunday Times) (11 Apr 1965)

Baldwin mentioned in a report on The Formentor International Literary Conference (2 May 1965)

A TV listing for My Childhood, with Baldwin and Hubert Humphrey (2 May 1965)

The Amen Corner listed in a display ad for the Edinburgh International Festival (9 May 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a review of Nadine Gordimer’s Not for Publication (30 May 1965)

Review of The Amen Corner at the Edinburgh Festival (29 Aug 1965)

Notes of a Native Son and Nobody Knows my Name listed in recommended paperbacks (29 Aug 1965)

Going to See the Man listed among recommended novels (29 Aug 1965)

A brief yet positive mention of The Amen Corner in a review of the Edinburgh Festival’s theatre section (5 Sep 1965)

Display ad for Brian Epstein’s production of The Amen Corner (26 Sep 1965)

Michael Joseph display ad for Voices 2, which includes a contribution from Baldwin (17 Oct 1965)

A short report stating that Baldwin is working on a novel called Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone (7 Nov 1965)

Short review of Another Country (7 Nov 1965)

Michael Ratcliffe reviews Going to Meet the Man (21 Nov 1965)

Baldwin mentioned in a review of Voices 2: A Collection of Short Stories (28 Nov 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about Isaac Babel, a Jewish-Soviet writer (29 Jan 1967)

Display ad for Elia Kazan’s The Arrangement, with an endorsement from Baldwin (21 May 1967)

Baldwin quoted in a piece about Norman Mailer (18 Jun 1967)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about a multi-racial housing initiative (25 Jun 1967)

Going to Meet the Man listen among recommended paperbacks (2 Jul 1967)

Going to Meet the Man listen among recommended paperbacks (2) (30 Jul 1967)

Baldwin referenced in a review of LeRoi Jone’s Home: Social Essays (28 Jan 1968)

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone is listen among recommended spring books (11 Feb 1968)

Leslie Fiedler reviews Fern Marja Eckman’s The Furious Passage of James Baldwin (25 Feb 1968)

Baldwin referenced in a piece on Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland (17 Mar 1968)

Baldwin mentioned as a client of Robert Price in a profile of Price, an attorney and investment banker (31 Mar 1968)

A piece Eldridge Cleaver, a black writer. Baldwin is referenced just before a quote from Karl Marx about Jewish people’s approach to antisemitism (16 Jun 1968)

Michael Joseph display ad for Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone (Sunday Times) (23 Jun 1968)

Julian Symons reviews Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone (23 Jun 1968)

Baldwin mentioned in a display ad for the Times Literary Supplement (2) (7 Jul 1968)

Short description of Baldwin’s appearance on How It Is in a roundup of recent TV programmes (18 Aug 1968)

TV listing for My Childhood, featuring Baldwin (24 Nov 1968)

A mention of My Childhood, featuring Baldwin, in a roundup of recent TV programmes (1 Dec 1968)

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone listed in recommended fiction (1 Dec 1968)

Baldwin referenced in reviews of LeRoi Jones’s Black Music and Tales (31 Aug 1969)

Baldwin referenced in a short review of James Forsyth’s The English Boy (12 Oct 1969)

Listings for The Amen Corner at the Saville Theatre (Sunday Times) (3 Oct 1965)