Salvific Manhood

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Salvific Manhood  foregrounds the radical power of male intimacy and vulnerability in surveying each of James Baldwin’s six novels. Asserting that manhood and masculinity hold the potential for both tragedy and salvation, Ernest L. Gibson III highlights the complex and difficult emotional choices Baldwin’s men must make within their varied lives, relationships, and experiences. In  Salvific Manhood , Gibson offers a new and compelling wa