If Beale Street Could Talk Sources and ClassicNote Author

Harris, Trudier. "The Eye as a Weapon in If Beale Street Could Talk, MELUS, Vol. 5, No. 3, The Pressures of History (Autumn, 1978), pp54-66. Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS).

Burks, Mary Fair. "Review: James Baldwin's Protest Novel: If Beale Street Could Talk." Negro American Literature Forum, Vol. 10, No. 3, (Autumn, 1976), pp 83-95. African American Review.

Orilla Scott, Lynn. James Baldwin's Later Fiction: Witness to the Journey. Chapter 3: "The Artist Transformed: If Beale Street Could Talk." 2002. Michigan University Press.

Nelson, Emmanuel S. "James Baldwin's Vision of Otherness and Community." MELUS, Vol. 10, No. 2, Expressions of Ethnic Identity (Summer, 1983), pp 27-31. Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS).

Mosher, Marlene. "James Baldwin's Blues." CLA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Semptember, 1982), pp 112-124. College Language Association.

Werner, Craig. "The Economic Evolution of James Baldwin." CLA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1 (September, 1979), pp 12-31. College Language Association.

Norman, Brian. "James Baldwin's Confrontation with US Imperialism in If Beale Street Could Talk." MELUS, Vol. 32, No. 1, In the Contact Zone: Race, Class, and Nation (Spring, 2007), pp 119-138. Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS).