James Baldwin (Associated Press) "Until my father died I thought I could do something else. I had wanted to be a musician, thought...

The  James Baldwin: Transatlantic Commuter conference is underway at the Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier , and it has been an ama...

The James Baldwin: Transatlantic Commuter  conference at the Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier,  has begun, and I'll post some photos...

One of the treats of this year's Inter/National Poetry Month  is the publication of a new collection of poems by  James Baldwin  (192...

President Obama signing the bill to raise the debt limit ceiling (Pete Souza/The White House) So the bill to raise the debt-limit ceili...

It's been such a busy week a barely know where to begin. But I'll start with Hilton Als 's (at right, in a horrible cellphone p...