Notes of a Native Son | Critical Overview
Notes of a Native Son, when first published in 1955, did not sell well. However, when it was reissued in paperback form in 1957, after the publication of Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, it received outstanding reviews and brisk sales and would go on to become one of the most popular of all Baldwin’s works.
An example of the praise that Baldwin received for Notes of a Native Son comes from Baldwin’s biographer Leeming, who writes, ‘‘With the publication of Notes of a Native Son, Baldwin staked a large claim in an area of American literary...
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