BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Author pays homage to late author James Baldwin

CLEVELAND — Writer Quartez Harris won’t be difficult to find around here in 2025.& Just wander into a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, bookstore and you’ll have a decent chance of spotting Harris, his locs tight and his smile ever-present.& Or make your way to a book fair like the one Harris starred in earlier this month in Philadelphia. You might catch him there.& Harris, 34, is finding these are the best of times for him as he watches his biographical picture book “Go Tell It,” a homage to the late novelist and social critic James Baldwin, play to heady reviews.& The Southern Bookseller Review, as an example, described Harris’s book as: “Stunning, poetic, honest, and celebratory – what an incredible picture book for school-age kids and their families and classrooms. Gordon James captures Baldwin’s dynamic passion for books and words in beautiful, high-energy paintings.” Kirkus Reviews said: “A superb introduction to a master of the craft and a work of art in and of itself. Author Quartez Harris. Photo courtesy of Quartez Harris. You can almost hear Harris say ah-shucks to the latter, but he can grab hold to the first part of the Kirkus review and revel in the words....