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“It’s difficult to be a legend. It’s difficult for me to recognize me … it’s unbearable, the way the world treats you … it’s unbearable because time is passing and you are not your legend, but you are trapped in it.”—James Baldwin interviewed by Quincy Troupe (1987)
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Compaore, J.J. (2014). “Fame is the Spur And—Ouch!”. In: Henderson, A.S., Thomas, P.L. (eds) James Baldwin. Critical Literacy Teaching Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-619-6_14
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