Nicholas Boggs’ extensive biography, ‘Baldwin: A Love Story,’ will be published this summer Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. James Baldwin’s books didn’t just capture the American moment ...

Discover the story of young James Baldwin in this ode to the legendary writer and the power of the written word--with exquisite prose from acclaimed poet Quartez Harris, and breathtaking illustrations ...

Who did James Baldwin love and how did those relationships shape his work? Author and scholar Nicholas Boggs set out to answer these questions in a remarkable new biography of the late American writer ...

Years ago, when I published an essay referring to James Baldwin—born a century ago this year—as “the greatest of all African-American writers,” a friend called me on the claim. Was Baldwin really ...

Some months ago, inspired largely by this magazine’s content (see “Baldwin the exorcist,” November 2022), I declared for myself a Year of Baldwin: for 12 months, all of my nonfiction reading material ...

Nicholas Boggs’ extensive biography, ‘Baldwin: A Love Story,’ will be published this summer A new biography of esteemed writer James Baldwin is hitting shelves soon. PEOPLE can exclusively share the ...

A new biography of esteemed writer James Baldwin is hitting shelves soon. PEOPLE can exclusively share the cover of Baldwin: A Love Story, forthcoming this summer from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, an ...