In his internationally acclaimed novels, short stories, plays and essays, James Baldwin was and remains a powerfully prophetic voice in the American literary landscape, fearlessly brooding upon issues such as race, sex, politics, and art. His literary achievement is a lasting legacy about what it means to be American. Vintage Baldwin includes the short story "Sonny's Blues", the galvanizing civil rights examination "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation", the essays "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem, " "The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American, " and "Nobody Knows My Name: A Letter from the South", and excerpts from the novel Another Country and the play The Amen Corner.Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.