Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” (2025) and James Baldwin’s “Go Tell It On The Mountain” (1953)

The main story of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" begins on the morning of Saturday, 15 October 1932, with aspiring blues guitarist Sammie Moore (M...

📚 Just finished James Baldwin's Go Tell It On The Mountain ... Recently realized that I had never read anything by him and figured it was time to correct that! 📚

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I loved #GoTellItOnTheMountain, and if I’m honest I missed hearing more about his experience as a Black, queer man in America. (I’ll get back to those). But this is an astonishing book, a synthesis of story, structure, themes and superb writing that make it an absolute masterpiece. What a relief that he didn’t heed his publisher’s advice and burn it. All the stars.
Back 2016, my sister visited us in Colorado. My wife recorded us singing #GoTellItOnTheMountain a capella on her cell phone in Rocky Mountain National Park. (online here: https://youtu.be/JrY8LRr6z4w ) We learned this #harmony as children from a cassette version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Wednesday Morning 3am" album. That tape was one of two that we were allowed to play any time without asking. (The other was Jim Croce's Greatest Hits.) Merry Christmas folks! #Christmas #acapella #MerryXmas #Singing
Go Tell It On the Mountain

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