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.

Drawing on Baldwin’s letters and his and others’ autobiographical writings, as well as on interviews with those who knew him—including the first lengthy interview with Baldwin’s lover and ...

The biographer’s Baldwin: A Love Story unpacks James Baldwin’s life and work through accounts of his four most significant relationships. How did you decide which relationships would mark meaningful ...