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====''The White Negro''. San Francisco: City Lights Books. Essay, 27 pp., 35¢, softcover.====
====''The White Negro''. San Francisco: City Lights Books. Essay, 27 pp., 35¢, softcover.====


This often-reprinted pamphlet is almost always given a 1957 date in bibliographies, an unlikely date in that the essay is followed in the pamphlet by the 1958 piece, “Reflections on Hipsterism” ([[58.1]]). A 23 August 1959 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' review of
This often-reprinted pamphlet is almost always given a 1957 date in bibliographies, an unlikely date in that the essay is followed in the pamphlet by the 1958 piece, “Reflections on Hipsterism” ([[58.1]]). A 23 August 1959 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' review of the second (50¢) [[w:City Lights Bookstore|City Lights]] edition, and Mailer’s 30 April 1959 letter to City Lights editor, [[w:Lawrence Ferlinghetti|Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], indicates a 1959 City Lights publication date. In addition, the list of available City Lights publications in the 50¢ edition contains only 1958 publications. Rpt: [[57.1]], [[59.13]], [[98.7]] (partial), ''Voices of Dissent: A Collection of Articles from Dissent''. New York: Grove, 1958.
the second (50¢) City
Lights edition, and
Mailer’s 30 April 1959
letter to City Lights
editor, Lawrence
Ferlinghetti,
indicates a 1959 City
Lights publication
date. In addition, the
list of available City
Lights publications
in the 50¢ edition
contains only 1958
publications. Rpt:
[[57.1]], [[59.13]], [[98.7]]
(partial), ''Voices of
Dissent: A Collection
of Articles from
Dissent''. New York:
Grove, 1958.


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|File:59.8a.jpg|Baldwin’s response in ''Esquire'', May 1, 1961.
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