Ben Fountain

Ben Fountain is the author of Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion and Revolution and the novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award.

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James Baldwin's 'Beale Street' Is Talking Louder Than Ever

When ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ appeared in 1974, a then-16-year-old Ben Fountain wondered if its tragic portrayal of race in the U.S. was true. Time has supplied the answer.

Ben Fountain