On Baldwin's would-be 100th birthday, the author of a Shakespeare adaptation series reflects on how the Black icon impacted her reading of the Bard Marco Calderon; Anthony Barboza/Getty I was 38 when ...

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 ...

This Friday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of author and activist James Baldwin. To celebrate, Strathmore is partnering with the AFI Silver Theatre and Eaton D.C. to host a special ...

American author James Baldwin (1924-1987) during an interview at the Whitehall Hotel in Bloomsbury Square, London. (Photo by Jenkins/Getty Images) In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he ...

August marks a hundred years since the birth of one of America's greatest writers - James Baldwin, grandson of a slave, citizen of Harlem, Paris and the world. He wrote bold novels - "Go Tell It On ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. “My dear Mr. Meeropol,” the correspondence begins. “Your letter is completely unanswerable because it drags up ...

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 ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Most of Baldwin’s letters are kept in New York City’s Schomburg Center for Research in ...

I was 38 when I read James Baldwin for the first time. Even though I was an English major in college and earned a Master’s in Fine Arts in creative writing, I had to wait until a social justice theory ...