James Baldwin was born 100 years ago, on Aug. 2, 1924, in Harlem Hospital. He wrote in 1955, “I love America more than any other country in this world and exactly for this reason, I insist on the ...

Nicholas Boggs discussed his new James Baldwin biography “Baldwin: A Love Story,” with New York Times columnist John McWhorter.

The book, organized in sections centered around the writer's four great loves, details how Baldwin spent decades wrestling with his own sexuality, racism in the U.S. and abroad and the cost of fame.

Gay Black writer James Baldwin (1924-1987) seems to be everywhere: TikTok memes, social media hashtags, Raoul Peck’s 2016 award-winning documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro,” Princeton University’s ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In late 1962, James Baldwin wrote an open letter to his fifteen-year-old nephew, James, that was ...

In the fifth episode of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, "The Secret Inner Lives of Swans," James Baldwin (Chris Chalk) spends a day with Truman Capote (Tom Hollander). But did it take place in real life? ...