The James Baldwin Estate

Stewarding the global legacy of James Baldwin

Ayesha Pande Literary is honored to represent the literary rights of the James Baldwin Estate. Baldwin’s work stands among the most vital and influential in American letters. A writer of immense range and moral clarity, Baldwin’s essays, fiction, poetry, and plays continue to speak directly to the complexities of race, identity, justice, and belonging.

In recent years, there has been a powerful and sustained resurgence of interest in Baldwin’s work. His writing resonates deeply with new generations of readers, artists, and thinkers around the world—illuminating our present moment with a voice that remains urgent, prophetic, and profoundly human.

The recent years have seen a significant expansion of Baldwin’s readership, with a growing number of new translations into languages in which he had never before been published. In collaboration with a team of co-agents, we are proud to have placed numerous new publishing, audio, and dramatic rights agreements, helping to bring Baldwin’s legacy to broader and more diverse global audiences than ever before.

We work closely with the Estate to steward this legacy with care, integrity, and sensitivity. For inquiries related to the literary rights and translations involving the works of James Baldwin, please contact Ayesha Pande and Katharyn Haas at ayesha@pandeliterary.com and katharyn@pandeliterary.com (please always send to both emails) or via our Contact page.