James Baldwin's Turkish DecadeBetween 1961 and 1971 James Baldwin spent extended periods of time in Turkey, where he worked on some of his most important books. In this first in depth exploration of Baldwins Turkish decade, Magdalena J. Zaborowska reveals the significant role that Turkish locales, cultures, and friends played in Baldwins life and thought. Turkey was a nurturing space for the author, who by 1961 had spent nearly ten years in France and Western Europe and failed to