As a child in Harlem, James Baldwin (1924-1987) hewed to his family’s strict Baptist beliefs and would have known I ...

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.

"Baldwin: A Love Story" surpasses previous biographies of the author known for works including "Go Tell It on the Mountain." (Anthony Barboza / Getty Images) In Nicholas Boggs’ lively and vigorously ...

Nicholas Boggs describes himself as an “accidental biographer,” and his new book, “Baldwin: A Love Story,” as something he fell into. “I don’t know if I should say this,” said Boggs, 51, “but when I ...