Teju Cole rereads James Baldwin

In an essay for The New Yorker, Teju Cole, a friend of the institute who visited in 2012, rereads James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” with the tragedies of Ferguson in mind. This essay was also published in Dutch in the De Groene Amsterdammer on September 4. A revised version of Teju Cole’s Every Day is …



In an essay for The New Yorker, Teju Cole, a friend of the institute who visited in 2012, rereads James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” with the tragedies of Ferguson in mind. This essay was also published in Dutch in the De Groene Amsterdammer on September 4. A revised version of Teju Cole’s Every Day is for the Thief will appear in Dutch this week (Elke dag is voor de dief), published by De Bezige Bij.


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