The James Baldwin Lecture - Achieving Our Country: Baldwin and U.S. Politics Today

James Baldwin Review is proud to present The James Baldwin Lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. James Baldwin Review is an annual, open-source journal that brings together a wide array of peer‐reviewed critical essays and creative non-fiction on the life, writings, and legacy of the African American writer James Baldwin. The prevailing themes of honesty, responsibility, vulnerability, and justice in Baldwin’s works are vital for our current political moment. In this spirit, The James Baldwin Lecture invites WashU and the St. Louis community to connect with the journal as a forum for the vibrant, multidisciplinary, and international community of Baldwin scholars, students, and enthusiasts.  

The inaugural speaker for The James Baldwin Lecture will be Hortense J. Spillers, Professor Emeritus of English at Vanderbilt University. Her lecture is entitled "Achieving Our Country: Baldwin and U.S. Politics Today."