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.
He’s seen fire, and he’s seen rain. He’s seen sunny days that he thought would never end. And the way Clint Holmes sings that song, he makes me feel like I’m hearing it for the first time, There’s a ...
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 ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Holmes brings his interpretative mastery to Taylor and Mitchell’s timeless catalog ...
"Not everything that is faced can be changed," James Baldwin famously explained in 1962, "but nothing can be changed until it is faced." At the time the late author, who is profiled in a new biography ...
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.
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 ...
Oghenetega Eritomi, “Otega,” is a chef, software engineer, storyteller, photographer, and reality TV celebrity from Nigeria who rose to prominence as a housemate in Big Brother Naija Season 10 in 2025 ...
In May 1965, two nascent but ambitious literary geniuses were separated only by a short boat ride across Norfork Lake in Baxter County. Charles Portis, having left his job as the London bureau chief ...
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 ...
But between between 1969 and 1971, the auditorium hosted another showcase involving a country music legend: the ABC variety show The Johnny Cash Show. Hosted by the Man in Black himself, The Johnny ...
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) are raising the alarm about questionable charges on Defense Department charge cards, including money spent at casinos. Comer and Ernst demanded a ...