James Baldwin on how Suffering is a Bridge

<p>“Your suffering does not isolate you. That your suffering is your bridge. That many people have suffered before you, many people are suffering around. And always will.” </p> <p>James Baldwin</p> <p>In 1971 James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni taped a two-hour “dialogue” for a public TV show called Soul! At forty-seven years old, Baldwin was a legend speaking with Giovanni, then twenty-eight, who had published the 1968 poetry collection <a href='https://books.google.com/books/about/Black_Feeling_Black_Talk.html?id=ZYN8J7NCTRAC'>Black Feeling, Black Talk</a>. All rights to Soul! and ShoutFactoryTV.com.</p> <p>Full interview: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jc54RvDUZU&t=5294s'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jc54RvDUZU&t=5294s</a> </p> <p>#ArtistSpotlight</p>