James Baldwin Deserves Better Than Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ MEDIA Posted: February 10, 2019 6:30 am Sure, it’s a nice celebration of two young Black people in love, but: “It has been defanged, declawed—and Baldwin’s novel works precisely because of those jagged, painful edges.” – LitHub Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)