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· American · 1926–2019

Sol Stein

American editor and publisher; James Baldwin's friend from DeWitt Clinton High School who convinced him to publish Notes of a Native Son.

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Lived
1926–2019
Born
1926
Died
2019
Nationality
American
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People Sol Stein Knew

Relationships with other people, with sources for each connection.

Illustrated portrait of James Baldwin

James Baldwin

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The friendship began at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where both were students and budding writers on The Magpie, the school's literary magazine — the same school that produced Richard Avedon. Native Sons (2004) collects what the friendship left on paper.

— Native Sons: A Friendship That Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century (review) (2004)

Collaborated with

Friends from the editorial board of the Magpie at DeWitt Clinton High School. In the summer of 1954, at the MacDowell Colony together, Stein convinced Baldwin to publish the essays that became Notes of a Native Son, and edited the book. Their letters were published as Native Sons in 2005.

— A Century of Creativity: The MacDowell Colony — Giovanni's Room featured object; Back to School with the Berg Collection (2023)

Books by Sol Stein

Cover of Native Sons by James Baldwin, Sol Stein

Native Sons

James Baldwin, Sol Stein2004

Essays & criticism

James Baldwin and Sol Stein were classmates at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. Fifty years later Stein opened the file drawer that held their letters.

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Connections and Sources

Sol Stein’s connections to people, places, and works, with the sources behind each one.

Met

James Baldwin

The friendship began at DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, where both were students and budding writers on The Magpie, the school's literary magazine — the same school that produced Richard Avedon. Native Sons (2004) collects what the friendship left on paper.

— Native Sons: A Friendship That Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century (review) (2004)

Collaborated with

James Baldwin

Friends from the editorial board of the Magpie at DeWitt Clinton High School. In the summer of 1954, at the MacDowell Colony together, Stein convinced Baldwin to publish the essays that became Notes of a Native Son, and edited the book. Their letters were published as Native Sons in 2005.

— A Century of Creativity: The MacDowell Colony — Giovanni's Room featured object; Back to School with the Berg Collection (2023)

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References

The sources below include biographies, scholarly essays, interviews, and primary materials that informed this page. They reflect both the historical record and ongoing critical conversations about Sol Stein and their work.

  1. 1A Century of Creativity: The MacDowell Colony — Giovanni's Room featured object

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    Library of Congress
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  2. 2Back to School with the Berg Collection

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    The New York Public Library, 2023
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  1. 3Native Sons: A Friendship That Created One of the Greatest Works of the 20th Century (review)

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    Publishers Weekly, 2004
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    Contemporary reporting or criticism used to document the historical reception and context of Sol Stein.

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  2. 4Sol Stein, best-selling author who published James Baldwin and Che Guevara, dies at 92

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    The Washington Post, 2019
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