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Baldwin’s City of New Jersey

BALDWIN'S CITY OF NEW JERSEY

Baldwin’s City of New Jersey

To mark his 100th birthday, we present a series of five essays inspired by James Baldwin's year in New Jersey.

From Harlem’s Native Son to New Jersey's Invisible Man

BALDWIN'S CITY OF NEW JERSEY

From Harlem’s Native Son to New Jersey's Invisible Man

Writer L. Lo Sontag kicks off the essay series when Baldwin had his mental break(through) in a fine dining establishment in Trenton.

Photo of Dense Issue 1, placed on a table in a diner booth in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Plaza Diner

Tangents about design and New Jersey

Booth, Please is our online platform for bold stories, strange tangents, and surprising conversations about design and New Jersey.

Issue One

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