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.

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.

Little painted sidewalk libraries dotting the city are full of books by and about one person: James Baldwin. Why it matters: The seven boxes for borrowing and donating books were recently installed to ...