(RNS) — Greg Garrett, a professor at Baylor University, wants to introduce a new generation of readers to the writer of short stories, novels and plays who believed America can do better. (RNS) — Over ...

There’s just something about James Baldwin’s gut-punching prose that compels you to keep reading, even as your heart breaks. That Baldwin’s works still feel deeply relevant today, more than 30 years ...

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 ...

"God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin" is a delicious assemblage of interviews, essays and works of art by talented and learned intellectuals and artists. The book is so lovingly ...

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

Cleveland writer Quartez Harris (right) wrote "Go Tell It" with illustrations by Gordon C. James. The book details James Baldwin's early years in Harlem and his love for reading. “Go Tell It” opens ...

James Baldwin, the world famous Black author and activist, once picked up "an ordinary water mug half full of water" off a table in a New Jersey diner and hurled it with all his strength at 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 ...

Reid-Pharr is also a professor of studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and has written extensively on topics of class ...

Baldwin & Co. opened only three years ago, but the bookstore was packed on a recent summer afternoon. Over the past year, the Black-owned shop has featured a splashy countdown to what would have been ...

Actor and podcast host LeVar Burton has selected books by James Baldwin, Octavia E. Butler and Jesmyn Ward for his new book club as part of the social reading app Fable. (Credit: Emily Berl for The ...