“A Kind of Joy”: Laughing and Grinning through “Sonny’s Blues
The protagonists in James Baldwin’s 1957 short story “Sonny’s Blues” are constantly smiling and laughing. The story’s narrator notices these gestures and utilizes them to grasp at clarity when clarity seems out of reach. This article examines the narrator’s focus on this duo of facial expressions wh...
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Manchester University Press
2022-09-01
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| Series: | James Baldwin Review |
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| Online Access: | https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/journals/jbr/8/1/article-p51.xml |