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 ...

In 2021, never before seen James Baldwin interview surfaced where he explains why he wrote “Giovanni’s Room.” Last year, the film division at Allen Media Group tapped Bill Porter and Dan ...

James Baldwin matters. To veteran Baldwin admirers, his renewed prominence comes as a surprise after decades of indifference.

On November 19, 2024, a group of faculty and students from Columbia’s English Department gathered to read and hear the words of James Baldwin. They had been invited by our Director of Undergraduate ...

All this attention was a lot for this gay Black man from Harlem who had fled the church and the United States for a truer ...

Having grown up under difficult circumstances and now being in a position of authority, Jenkins is constantly having to ...

Like many others in recent years, he discovered clips from the interview on the internet ... samples from a 1971 discussion between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni. Other songs, like ...

Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! August marked the 100th birthday of James ...