https://livesteven.com/2026/05/25/it-is-the-kind-of-moment-that-might-be-used-as-an-answer-to-the-title-of-james-baldwins-novel-tell-me-how-long-the-trains-been-gone-wherein-moments-have-duration-an/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-05-25T07:05:09+00:00It is the kind of ‘moment’ that might be used as an answer to the title of James’ Baldwin’s novel ‘Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone’, wherein moments have duration and measure in so many domains including measures of time and the quality, rather than quantity, of our attention to a phenomenon: the time scales, for instance, of narrative, history and self-awareness wherein ‘reality’ is at a premium.dailyprompt, writing, books, fiction, history, james-baldwin, dailyprompt-2772, tell-me-how-long-the-trains-been-gone, reality-and-binaries