James Baldwin said, “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” It wasn't James Baldwin who said this, ...

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor." Born on August 2, 1924, James Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and ...

In 1965, in the packed Cambridge Union Society in London, James Baldwin, a voice of the civil rights movement, debated the commentator William F. Buckley, who was skeptical of the cause. The motion: ...

In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he went beyond politics to examine racism’s psychological and spiritual effects on both the oppressor and the oppressed. He wrote about sexuality and ...

August marked the 100th birthday of James Baldwin, one of the most important authors in American history. The Brooklyn Public Library, like many cultural institutions, wanted to mark his centennial ...

When I received my reviewer’s advanced copy of Nicholas Boggs’ epic biography of James Baldwin, “Baldwin: A Love Story,” several months in advance of the Aug. 19 publication date, I was determined to ...

An interviewer once asked James Baldwin if he’d ever write something without a message. “No writer who ever lived,” Baldwin said, “could have written a line without a message.” This is true. People ...

Nicholas Boggs’s new biography, “Baldwin: A Love Story,” places James Baldwin in the context of the people to whom he grew closest, not just romantic partners, like his first great love, the Swiss ...

In Nicholas Boggs’ lively and vigorously researched biography of James Baldwin, the great writer’s search for the source of his art dovetails with his lifelong search for meaningful relationships.

In the first major biography of James Baldwin in over three decades, Nicholas Boggs presents an intimate portrait shaped by the people who inspired him. Boggs traces four of Baldwin's transformative ...