Native Sons: A Friendship that Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century: Notes of a Native Son

For over three decades, <b>Sol Stein</b> edited and published some of the leading writers of the Twentieth century, including James Baldwin, Dylan Thomas, W. H. Auden, and Lionel Trilling. A prize-winning playwright and the author of nine novels, as well as nonfiction books, screenplays, and TV dramas, Stein lives in New York.<br><br>Born in 1924, <b>James Baldwin</b> made a name for himself with his first novel, <i>Go Tell It on the Mountain </i>in 1953. His legendary <i>Notes of a Native Son</i> appeared two years later, and he went on to publish fiction, poetry, plays, and essays that profoundly influenced the literature of Twentieth-century America. Baldwin died in France in 1987.