James Baldwin and Black Women’s Fiction.

BALDWIN, James, 1924-1987; ANOTHER Country (Book : Baldwin); ARTISTIC influence; MORRISON, Toni, 1931-2019; JONES, Gayl, 1949-; NAYLOR, Gloria, 1950-2016; BLACK women authors; SEXUAL orientation identity in literature

The article explores the influence of author James Baldwin on black female authors such as Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones, and Gloria Naylor. Emphasis is given to a comparison of the book "Another Country" to the depictions of female characters and community in the novels "Corregidora," "The Women of Brewster Place," and "Love." Other topics include normative black masculinity, sexual identity in literature, and the relationship between music and sexual interiority.