Being a Beast James Baldwin's If Beale Street

James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk is a profoundly moving novel about love in the face of injustice that is as socially resonant today as it was when it was first published

suspenseful novel from bestselling author Janelle Brown

a shorthand for unlocking your creative potential"--Vogue

He is quick to offer Helen his friendship

Being a Beast James Baldwin's If Beale StreetCharles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non humans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, eating earthworms and learning to sense the landscape by smell rather than sight. He tried to catch fish in his teeth while swimming like an otter, rooted through London garbage cans as an urban fox, was hunted by bloodhounds as a red