Beacon Press ($2.75). "You taught me language," says Caliban to Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest, "and my ...

Here is a collection of book quotes that sit quietly with your sadness, offering comfort without fixing, companionship ...

“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.” —Horace, ancient Roman poet “Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by ...

The 1963 debate between Malcolm X and James Baldwin was a powerful intellectual exchange that highlighted two distinct yet complementary perspectives on the Black freedom struggle in America. While ...

Nicholas Boggs’s “Baldwin: A Love Story” is many things at once. It’s a comprehensive biography of James Baldwin. It’s a nimble excavation of Baldwin’s work, filled with astute literary analysis of ...

As a child in Harlem, James Baldwin (1924-1987) hewed to his family’s strict Baptist beliefs and would have known I Corinthians 13, the New Testament’s famous “love chapter,” verse by verse. Nicholas ...

In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

In the financial district of Manhattan, an A.I.-equipped typewriter, fueled by James Baldwin’s works, types back at you with answers to your questions. Exhibition Review In the financial district of ...

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 ...

The radical lives of James Baldwin. While Baldwin was persecuted in part because of whom he loved, it was love that impelled him to bring about a more utopian future in which such persecution was not ...

"Love was a crucial subject for James Baldwin," said Chris Vognar in The Boston Globe, so it's appropriate that this first major Baldwin biography in 31 years "can be seen as an act of love." Author ...

In 1987, American author James Baldwin died in Saint Paul de Vence, France, at age 63. As a child in Harlem, James Baldwin (1924-1987) hewed to his family’s strict Baptist beliefs and would have known ...