Few American writers have marked their era as powerfully as James Baldwin. As distinctive on the page as on the airwaves, his voice is indelibly associated with the demand for racial justice in the United States, a demand that continues to make him one of our most pressing and urgent contemporaries.

To mark Baldwin’s centenary, the Authors Guild Foundation invites you to join a conversation featuring writers, scholars, and essayists on the work of James Baldwin. On May 21, join Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. and W. Ralph Eubanks for a discussion of Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son.”