Nicholas Boggs' Baldwin: A Love Story offers an intimate portrait of James Baldwin, exploring the legendary writer's life through the lens of love in all its forms: romantic, platonic, familial, and political. Boggs reveals how Baldwin's understanding of love as both personal connection and revolutionary act shaped his writing and activism. The biography becomes a meditation on how one of America's greatest writers used love as a tool for understanding identity, justice, and what it means to be human.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Baldwin understood that love isn't soft or sentimental, it's the hardest, most demanding work we do. Boggs shows us how Baldwin's fierce commitment to love as political practice made him both prophet and witness to America's ongoing struggle with itself.

DETAILS: • Author: Nicholas Boggs • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux • Format: Hardcover • Publication Date: August 19, 2025 • ISBN: 9780374178710 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days