The Devil Finds Work

The Devil Finds Work
First edition cover
Author	James Baldwin
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Essay
Publisher	The Dial Press
Publication date	1976

The Devil Finds Work is a book length essay by writer James Baldwin. Published in 1976, it is both a memoir of his experiences watching movies and a critique of the racial politics of American cinema. It opens with a discussion of a Joan Crawford film, which is the first movie Baldwin can remember seeing, and ends with a discussion of The Exorcist, which came out in 1973. Among the other movies discussed are Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night and The Defiant Ones.

Works by James Baldwin

Novels	Go Tell It on the Mountain Giovanni's Room Another Country Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone If Beale Street Could Talk Just Above My Head

Plays	The Amen Corner Blues for Mister Charlie

Short story collections	Going to Meet the Man "The Rockpile" "The Outing" "The Man Child" "Previous Condition" "Sonny's Blues" "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" "Come Out the Wilderness" "Going to Meet the Man"

Poetry collection	Jimmy's Blues

Essay collections	Notes of a Native Son Nobody Knows My Name The Fire Next Time No Name in the Street The Devil Finds Work The Evidence of Things Not Seen The Price of the Ticket

Collaborations	Nothing personal A Rap on Race One day when I was lost A Dialogue Little Man Little Man: A Story of Childhood