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.

The word “debate” has been used frequently since Charlie Kirk’s shooting — to explain what he was doing before a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University when he was shot, yes, but also to justify ...

William Buckley, we were told in a Washington Post column last week by the venerable George Will, “would have recognized the 31-year-old [Charlie] Kirk as a kindred spirit.” Writing in the wake 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 ...

Sam Tanenhaus discusses his biography of William F. Buckley Jr. Author Sam Tanenhaus discusses his biography of William F. Buckley Jr. and responds to critics of his portrayal of the leader of the ...

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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.

WESTERLY — "Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?" This was the topic on Feb. 18, 1965 when an overflow crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to bear witness to ...