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While Baldwin pursued education independently and I chose the academic route, we both used education as a way to persevere and strive for something greater,\u201d Cain-Griffin says. \u201cAm I meant to be the chosen one? How can anyone truly be the chosen one in their family to break a generational curse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe talks about why is there this generational curse which, of course, goes back to systemic racism. And I questioned, how does Baldwin emerge from being the saved one in his family?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crichlow, a retired professor\u00a0in York\u2019s Faculty of Education, designed the seminar to explore the relationship between Baldwin\u2019s life and writing. He returned from recent retirement to honour the centenary of the writer\u2019s birth by teaching this favoured topic. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBaldwin\u2019s centenary was coming up, so I proposed the course to the Faculty of Education, and they wholeheartedly supported it,\u201d he says. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResurgence of interest in Baldwin\u2019s work is frequent and is somewhat generational,\u201d Crichlow says. \u201cBut we mustn\u2019t forget that the murder of George Floyd prompted a massive return to Baldwin. And the year of his 90th birthday, in 2014, initiated several conferences, symposiums, film series and the founding of <em>The James Baldwin Review<\/em>, a major academic journal. There\u2019s an abundance of excellent extant scholarship on Baldwin, but the constant proliferation of readings from newly considered optics does amaze one.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seminar\u2019s description indicates its range: \u201cJames Baldwin\u2019s writing, to include novels, poetry, essays, plays, children\u2019s book, speeches and interviews, along with his personal experiences in national and international contexts, remains an exemplar of activism for civil rights, social and racial justice and principles of human equality.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crichlow says it was fascinating to see a different generation react to Baldwin, noting this was a first encounter with the author and civil rights activist for some. The seminar offered the opportunity to read, in a concentrated way over the term, and take a deep dive into a number of works, particularly novels, ranging from his first<em>, Go Tell It on The Mountain<\/em> (1953), to his last, <em>Just Above My Head<\/em> (1979). Students read several of Baldwin\u2019s autobiographical essays in between to explore how conceptions of self and other relations inform his novels.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2021\/01\/Warren.jpeg\" alt=\"Warren Crichlow\" class=\"wp-image-283405\" style=\"width:372px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2021\/01\/Warren.jpeg 856w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/889\/2021\/01\/Warren-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Warren Crichlow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe seminar was structured to foster thinking about the way in which concerns Baldwin articulated in his first novel in 1953 return in the last novel decades later in 1979 but are recirculated in a markedly different manner.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The class includes students from across disciplines and many reacted to the material in different ways. Some, for instance, collaborated on a podcast. \u201cThey brought a bit of technology into the mix to produce a podcast-like dialogue between themselves and their reading of Baldwin and intercut that with samples of Baldwin\u2019s own voice.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other students were interested in Baldwin\u2019s relationship to music because, as Crichlow explains, so much of Baldwin\u2019s writing is rooted in music, particularly gospel music and the blues. One theatre student in the class concentrated on Baldwin\u2019s work as a playwright to deepen their understanding around issues of performance in educational practice. Another student, steeped in the humanities, explored points of contact between Baldwin and the 19th century theologian and philosopher S\u00f8ren Kirkegaard. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe range of interests was variously broad. I would never have thought of this particular intersection,\u201d Crichlow says. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aida Mohammadi<\/strong>, a student in Crichlow\u2019s class, was inspired to enrol after learning the course included reading several fictional pieces, as she had been looking for a chance to read more novels. She initially approached the class out of curiosity, but it profoundly changed her perspective on literature. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI consider Baldwin in everything now, everything I read, everything I see, any social conflict today, whether in a movie or real life, I wonder what Baldwin would think, what he would say,\u201d Mohammadi says. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course also opened her eyes to the power of the essay as a literary genre, a form she believes is not as valued in literary studies as it should be.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBaldwin showed me the artistry of essays, and I now see them as just as impactful and complex as novels.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She praises Crichlow\u2019s thoughtful arrangement of the readings, emphasizing the order in which he assigned them was essential to her understanding of Baldwin\u2019s work. \u201cI found it brilliant.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crichlow has applied to organize panels for students to present their final papers in York\u2019s upcoming Education Graduate Student Conference and may plan future conference opportunities. 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