The Letters of A Writer's Life

The Letters of A Writer's Life (washingtonpost.com)
James Baldwin's best and life-long friend was Sol Stein, a high school pal who worked with him on the high school newspaper, and later as his editor, convinced him that collecting his essays in a book was a good idea. The resulting book, Notes of a Native Son, made Baldwin a household word. Sol Stein recently discovered his correspondence with Baldwin and has published the letters as a book.