Giovanni's Room Cultural & Ethnic Studies world-famous psychologist and winner of

world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics

impossible-to-categorize debut

this is one worth exploring

human dignity

"--Newsday

Giovanni's Room Cultural & Ethnic Studies world-famous psychologist and winner ofThis is one of those books that leaves a mark. Giovannis Room is spare, beautiful, and devastating. Baldwin tells the story of a man torn between desire, shame, and identity, and he does it with a kind of emotional precision thats rare. The writing is gorgeouselegant and intimatebut its the ache underneath it all that stays with you. I picked this one for the collection because Baldwin doesnt just write about love and losshe writes about what it means