culture Rereading Baldwin in an Age of Broadband The essays were written for a slower world. They read faster now than anything online. P Priya Raghunathan April 12, 2026 · 5 min read · Rereading Baldwin in an Age of Broadband. Photo: Allan warren / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Longform's reader requires JavaScript. The full text of this story is available through our content service.