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Shamelessness as virtue

Last Monday, we all woke up to the not-so-shocking news of Paul Biya’s eighth-term victory at age 92. I chuckled because this ...
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin A pioneer of ... The book has six chapters based on Woolf's lectures and experiences, making it one of the most essential reads for a ...
Aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed ...
Back in September, we published a partial list of concerts, shows and plays coming Kingston’s way before the end of the year, and it’s a good thing we split it in two, as there’s plenty more to come ...
Duke Arts is back with a full week of events to help the Duke community escape fall frights and the ever-lowering temps.
This annual ceremony recognizes outstanding academic achievement by our students. Ours is a rigorous academic program, with standards of scholarship and expectations of excellence set by faculty that ...
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s wrestler “Blowwloween,” the 50th for “Rocky Horror,” Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys, punk Shakespeare, famous authors ...
In the financial district of Manhattan, an A.I.-equipped typewriter, fueled by James Baldwin’s works, types back at you with answers to your questions.
He wrote with the kind of clarity that was as comforting as it was chastising. Here’s where to start. Credit...Jean-Regis Rouston/Roger Viollet, via Getty Images Supported by By Robert Jones Jr.
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.
In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...
James Baldwin in London in 1964. A new biography focuses on the author's relationships.