James Arthur Baldwin ~ Bibliography ~ BALDWIN'S PRODIGIOUS OUTPUT: Wrote Novels, Essays, Plays, Short Stories and Poems Numerous Best-Sellers Over two dozen novels, essays, collections,plays and criticism Translated into Twenty-Eight Languages Ranked as One of the 100 Best Writers of the 20th Century The Work ... "Jimmy didn't like going back to what he'd already done." ~ David Leeming, from the filmJames Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Novels, Essays, Plays and Short Stories 1953: Go Tell It on the Mountain; Knopf; a novel. 1954: The Amen Corner; a play (completed but not published). 1955: Notes of a Native Son; Beacon; editor, Sol Stein; essays. 1956: Giovanni's Room; Dial; a novel. 1961: Nobody Knows My Name; Dial; essays. 1962: Another Country; Dial; a novel. 1963: The Fire Next Time; Dial; essays. 1964: Blues for Mister Charlie; Dial; a play. Nothing Personal; Atheneum; a photographic essay: photos by Richard Avedon, text by James Baldwin. 1965: Going to Meet the Man; Dial; collected short stories: "The Rockpile" "The Outing"; "The Man Child"; "Previous Condition"; "Sonny's Blues"; "This Morning This Evening So Soon"; "Come Out The Wilderness"; "Going To Meet The Man." 1968: The Amen Corner; Doubleday; a play. Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone; Dial; a novel. 1969: Black Anti-Semitism and Jewish Racism; Barron; an essay. 1971: A Rap On Race: James Baldwin and Margaret Mead; Lippincott; a dialogue. 1972: No Name in the Street; Dial; essays. One Day When I Was Lost: A Scenario Based on 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'; Joseph (London, 1972); Dial (New York, 1973); a screenplay. 1973: A Dialogue; Lippincott; a conversation with black poet / activist Nikki Giovanni. 1974: If Beale Street Could Talk; Dial; a novel. 1976: The Devil Finds Work; Dial; essays. Little Man Little Man: A Story of Childhood: Dial; a children's book by James Baldwin and Yoran Cazac. 1979: Just Above My Head; Dial; also published by Stock in French as Harlem Quartet (1987); a novel. 1983: Jimmy's Blues; St. Martin’s; poems. 1985: The Evidence of Things Not Seen; Holt, essays. The Price Of The Ticket: Collected Non-Fiction; St. Martin's/ Marek; essays. 2004: Native Sons; Random House/One World; a memoir by Sol Stein with letters, a short story and a play by James Baldwin. 2011: The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings; Vintage; editor, Randall Garrett Kenan; essays. Works Performed and / or Televised: 1955: The Amen Corner; Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1957: Giovanni's Room; The Actor's Studio, N.Y. 1964: Blues For Mister Charlie; ANTA Theater, N.Y., by the Actor's Studio. Blues For Mister Charlie; Central Theater of the Soviet Army, U.S.S.R. 1965: The Amen Corner; The Ethel Barrymore Theater, N.Y. 1965: Blues For Mister Charlie; performed as part of the World Theater Festival by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Amen Corner; performed as part of the Arts in Freedom Festival, first at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, then throughout Europe and Israel. 1973: The Life and Times of Ray Charles; a narrative collaboration with musician Ray Charles, performed at the Newport Jazz Festival. 1974: A Deed From The King Of Spain; American Center for Stanislavski Theater Art, N.Y. 1982: Blues For Mister Charlie; Amistad World Theater, New York. 1983: The Amen Corner; a musical version of the play, first at the Ford Theater in Washington D.C., then In New York. 1984: Go Tell It On The Mountain; American Playhouse, P.B.S. Television. . . . . . . . Top