celebrating james baldwin's 100th birthday two ways
an expansive exhibition at the smithsonian institute and a photography book by TASCHEN celebrate the 100th birthday of the black queer literary icon.
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taschen
taschen is a publishing house founded in 1980 by benedikt taschen in cologne, germany, with coverages across art, anthropology, architecture, design, and aphrodisia for the past 44 years.
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