If Beale Street Could Talk Author:James Baldwin If Beale Street could talk, it might tell the following story: Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, is in love with Fonny, a sculptor. She is pregnant by him, and they have pledged to get married. But he is falsely accused of raping a Puerto Rican woman and sent to prison. Both families set out to find evidence that will free him, a search that takes... more » them throughout New York and San Juan. And while they search, Tish and Fonny can only wait, all the time with love, with hatred, with despair, with courage, with hope.« less