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Cyril Lionel Robert James B. 1.4.01 Tunapuna, Trinidad / D. 5.31.89 Brixton No Good Reason Belated recognition (naturally) of a rat-a-tat repeating marry-er of fine women and cricket fan a man after my own heart. Ellis Island 1952. Imprisoned, facing deportation, facing the loss his place in the American nation those American women he writes (for twelve hours a day) of Melville. Lights-out. C.L.R. James in his bunk is wakeful: exhausted but jazzed up with good cheer, with gleeful anticipation. He pictures his essay kindling elation and brotherhood�s flames in the bosoms of law-makers. They're sobbing remorse at their breakfast tables; they're beatific at podiums by mid-day. . .not Nello (his nickname) alone, but general amnesty! Now he's getting all teary-eyed too. (Call him Capra.) Could Congress fail to be moved? Oh my fellow person. I�d�a married him. Consolation Site: The struggle for happiness
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