When I tell you that my birthday is the same day as James Baldwin’s, it’s not because I am boasting about my talent nor am I trying to walk in his shoes. It’s a plain spoken fact: I was born on the same day as this man who continues to change the world. I feel vulnerable when I share it, because there’s a part of me that wishes having the same birthday …
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