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Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
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The introduction to the volume presents biographical background about Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin and discusses the history of their friendship and their mutual influences. It provides a comprehensive summary of scholarship conjoining the two artists and explores shared political and aesthetic values of these Black, queer, twentieth-century US artists.
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