James Baldwin
Monique Roffey: ‘William Golding’s The Inheritors gave me ideas for how I could write a mermaid’
The Costa winner on the James Baldwin novel she most cherishes, devouring Willard Price adventures as a child, and the sex scene she wishes she had written
Monique Roffey
09, Jul, 2021 @9:00 AM
Begin Again by Eddie S Glaude Jr review – the US through James Baldwin's eyes
The ‘white problem’ ... Baldwin’s writings spark a timely and absorbing engagement with American history
Sara Collins
18, Feb, 2021 @12:00 PM
Nonfiction to look out for in 2021
Biographies of Philip Roth and DH Lawrence, and the curious death of Robert Maxwell
Rachel Cooke
27, Dec, 2020 @10:00 AM
The sexiest moments in literature that aren't sex scenes
With the Bad sex in fiction award cancelled this year, we celebrate authors from Jeanette Winterson to Jane Austen who can charge the dryest scenes with sensuality
Sam Jordison
11, Dec, 2020 @12:04 PM
'Free speech has never been freer': Pankaj Mishra and Viet Thanh Nguyen in conversation
Are we living through a moment of lasting change? Two authors discuss Black Lives Matter, the Harper’s letter and where we go from here
Pankaj Mishra and Viet Thanh Nguyen
24, Jul, 2020 @11:00 AM
The week in TV: My Brilliant Friend; The Salisbury Poisonings and more
The compelling Elena Ferrante adaptation finally returns
Euan Ferguson
21, Jun, 2020 @8:30 AM
TV tonight: the modern resonances of James Baldwin's America
Raoul Peck’s searing documentary explores systemic racism via the life of a great African-American writer. Plus: Framing John Delorean. Here’s what to watch this evening
Phil Harrison, Ali Catterall, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett
20, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM
The new monuments we need? Your nan's old dress or a Stormzy lyric carved in stone | Vanessa Kisuule
Instead of stern, elevated statues, here are some ways I’d like to remember
Vanessa Kisuule
19, Jun, 2020 @1:00 PM
James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V Mullen review – a smart, concise introduction
A brisk account of the African American writer’s insights on race, class and sexuality, which are more relevant than ever
Houman Barekat
14, Nov, 2019 @11:58 AM
Professor who quoted James Baldwin's use of N-word cleared by university
Poet Laurie Sheck was investigated for her use of the racial slur, but the New School has now dismissed concerns
Alison Flood
19, Aug, 2019 @1:00 PM
White professor investigated for quoting James Baldwin's use of N-word
Laurie Sheck, who teaches at the New School, says inquiry followed a complaint that she had discussed Baldwin’s use of the slur
Alison Flood
15, Aug, 2019 @1:06 PM
Rip Torn, cult actor and Artie in the Larry Sanders Show dies aged 88
Star of a string of 60s classics fell foul of Hollywood because of his temper but found a fresh lease of life in comedy, from TV’s Larry Sanders Show to the Men in Black films
Andrew Pulver
10, Jul, 2019 @6:36 AM
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