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"The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide."

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About James Baldwin

James Baldwin was an American writer and public intellectual known for essays, novels, and social criticism on race and identity. His major works include Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time.

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