Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Baldwin: A Love Story" surpasses previous biographies of the author known for works including "Go Tell It on the Mountain." ...

Nicholas Boggs’s new biography, “Baldwin: A Love Story,” places James Baldwin in the context of the people to whom he grew closest, not just romantic partners, like his first great love, the Swiss ...

Nicholas Boggs’s “Baldwin: A Love Story” is many things at once. It’s a comprehensive biography of James Baldwin. It’s a nimble excavation of Baldwin’s work, filled with astute literary analysis of ...

'Baldwin: A Love Story' frames James Baldwin's life through the lens of his relationships In the first major biography of James Baldwin in over three decades, Nicholas Boggs presents an intimate ...

"Love was a crucial subject for James Baldwin," said Chris Vognar in The Boston Globe, so it's appropriate that this first major Baldwin biography in 31 years "can be seen as an act of love." Author ...

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.