{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7594cf0b-3a29-4742-83a5-c1abe1d1acd5/65a12d7f138a2d00166622f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Giovanni’s Room with Caryl Phillips","description":"<p>James Baldwin in Paris. On the rain-soaked boulevards, the novelist&nbsp;Caryl Phillips discusses Baldwin's exquisite same-sex love story, drinking in the Cafe de Flore and exploring Saint Germain des Prés.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Phillips, who knew James Baldwin, wrote the introduction to the Penguin Modern Classics edition of <em>Giovanni’s Room</em> and an unfilmed screenplay of the novel for Merchant Ivory productions.</p><p><br></p><p>2024 marks 100 years since Baldwin was born</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Giovanni’s Room</em> by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics edition)</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57368/giovannis-room-by-james-baldwin-introduction-by-caryl-phillips/9780141186351\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57368/giovannis-room-by-james-baldwin-introduction-by-caryl-phillips/9780141186351</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apple.co/3Hnscrz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apple.co/3Hnscrz</a></p><p><br></p><p>Penguin Audio edition of&nbsp;<em>Giovanni’s Room –</em> available June 6th 2024</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56260/giovannis-room-by-baldwin-james/9781802067224\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56260/giovannis-room-by-baldwin-james/9781802067224</a></p><p><br></p><p>Calliope Author Readings – James Baldwin</p><p><a href=\"http://calliopeauthorreadings.com/james-baldwin/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://calliopeauthorreadings.com/james-baldwin/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://apple.co/4aTk0go\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://apple.co/4aTk0go</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Caryl Phillips</p><p><a href=\"https://www.carylphillips.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.carylphillips.com/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>The European Tribe</em> by Caryl Phillips</p><p><a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/130570/the-european-tribe-by-caryl-phillips/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/130570/the-european-tribe-by-caryl-phillips/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Presenter – Henry Eliot: <a href=\"https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/</a></p><p>Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: <a href=\"https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/</a></p>","author_name":"Penguin Random House UK"}