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In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.
From James Baldwin to Agatha Christie, Istanbul has played home to plenty of major writers looking for a secluded escape in ...
Acree, the director of the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, organized some of the materials into an exhibit, which he titled "Know Whence You Came: James Baldwin, Public Intellectual" which will r ...
San Francisco opens James Baldwin Place, a new sober living facility to support individuals recovering from homelessness and ...
James Baldwin was born 100 years ago, on Aug. 2, 1924, in Harlem Hospital. He wrote in 1955, “I love America more than any other country in this world and exactly for this reason, I insist on ...
Arguably, no writer has ever made that demand more forcefully, passionately, or eloquently than James Baldwin. More than 33 years since his death at age 63, Baldwin continues to give voice to our ...
A rare collection of James Baldwin’s literary works can now be explored by the public in a new exhibit at the Carl A. Kroch Library on the campus of Cornell University. Titled “Know Whence You ...
Faculty, staff, students and alumni marked the writer’s 100th birthday throughout the year with cross-disciplinary programs, ...
To mark the end of Black History Month, we're revisiting two conversations about James Baldwin that first aired last summer for his 100th birthday. First, NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with McKinley ...
James Baldwin's work found its way onto my radar last year during a celebration of his centenary. Rarely in life do you find ...
James Baldwin’s legacy will take center stage this week as art, film and conversation converge at the Wexner Center for the Arts. In collaboration with the James Baldwin Project and Ohio State ...
James Baldwin’s seminal queer novel “Giovanni’s Room” will go from page to stage in an adaptation by Quintessence Theater ...