This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GMB.2ACE/705 Message Board Post: Hello - my name is Jhoanna and I am a 16 year old female from NeW yORK citY! - I am doing research on James baldwin - and i'm wanting to know do any of you have or know who was james baldwin's idols...his favorite writers or musicians that inspired him etc. please email me @ cuteewitbooty4@aol.com for futher information. thank you.