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William J. Maxwell

Professor of English and African and African American Studies Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature

Washington University in St. Louis

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Arts & Sciences

English

William J. Maxwell is currently serving as an Arts & Sciences Professor of English and African and African American Studies Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature at Washington University In St. Louis.

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William J. Maxwell

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of English and African and African American Studies Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature

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James Baldwinism Now: The Baldwin Revival and Twenty-First Century Memory. Princeton University Press (2026)

historical reassessmentjames baldwinismamerican literatureliterary studiesenglishliterary historyearly american literatureliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticism

Failing, Succeeding, and Being Failed: Harlem Renaissance Scholarship, 1925–2025. American Literary History (2025)

historyblack experienceinterdisciplinary historyintellectual historysocial historyafrican american studiesharlem renaissance scholarshiphistorical review

Winston James, Claude Mckay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik. American Literary History (2025)

William J Maxwell

historyamerican literatureblack experienceliterary historyafrican american studiesliterature

Notes on Hotel Camp: Sontag Meets Baldwin in Giovanni’s Room. James Baldwin Review (2024)

William J. Maxwell

american literaturephilosophy of filmart criticismcomparative literatureliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticism

11. Kitchen Mechanics and Parlor Nationalists: Andy Razaf, Black Bolshevism, and Harlem’s Renaissance. New York University Press eBooks (2022)

William J. Maxwell

black bolshevismparlor nationalistsafrican american studiesandy razaf

The Best Books on the Harlem Renaissance. Five Books (2022)

american literatureliterary studiesblack experiencesocial historyliterary historyearly american literatureliteraturebest booksliterary criticismcultural history

Black Paris, Hard-Boiled Paranoia, and the Cultural Cold War. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2021)

William J. Maxwell

black pariscultural cold warhard-boiled paranoiaafrican american studies

Fast Notes on the Foia Film. The Ampersand (2021)

documentary filmdigital evidencefilm criticismfast notesfilmdata journalismmedia studies

Héliotropismes. Marseille (2021)

James Baldwin in the Fire This Time: A Conversation With Bill V. Mullen, the Author of James Baldwin: Living in Fire. James Baldwin Review (2021)

james baldwinbill v. mullen

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William J. Maxwell

Professor of English and African and African American Studies Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature

Washington University in St. Louis

Affiliations

Arts & Sciences

English

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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William J. Maxwell

Washington University in St. Louis

Professor of English and African and African American Studies Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

James Baldwinism Now: The Baldwin Revival and Twenty-First Century Memory. Princeton University Press (2026)

historical reassessmentjames baldwinismamerican literatureliterary studiesenglishliterary historyearly american literatureliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticism

Failing, Succeeding, and Being Failed: Harlem Renaissance Scholarship, 1925–2025. American Literary History (2025)

historyblack experienceinterdisciplinary historyintellectual historysocial historyafrican american studiesharlem renaissance scholarshiphistorical review

Winston James, Claude Mckay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik. American Literary History (2025)

William J Maxwell

historyamerican literatureblack experienceliterary historyafrican american studiesliterature

Notes on Hotel Camp: Sontag Meets Baldwin in Giovanni’s Room. James Baldwin Review (2024)

William J. Maxwell

american literaturephilosophy of filmart criticismcomparative literatureliteratureliterary theoryliterary criticism

11. Kitchen Mechanics and Parlor Nationalists: Andy Razaf, Black Bolshevism, and Harlem’s Renaissance. New York University Press eBooks (2022)

William J. Maxwell

black bolshevismparlor nationalistsafrican american studiesandy razaf

The Best Books on the Harlem Renaissance. Five Books (2022)

american literatureliterary studiesblack experiencesocial historyliterary historyearly american literatureliteraturebest booksliterary criticismcultural history

Black Paris, Hard-Boiled Paranoia, and the Cultural Cold War. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2021)

William J. Maxwell

black pariscultural cold warhard-boiled paranoiaafrican american studies

Fast Notes on the Foia Film. The Ampersand (2021)

documentary filmdigital evidencefilm criticismfast notesfilmdata journalismmedia studies

Héliotropismes. Marseille (2021)

James Baldwin in the Fire This Time: A Conversation With Bill V. Mullen, the Author of James Baldwin: Living in Fire. James Baldwin Review (2021)

james baldwinbill v. mullen

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2
3
4
5
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10 / page

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