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Baldwin: A Love Story
Baillie Gifford · 2026 · ShortlistKirkus Prize · 2025 · Shortlist
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baillie Gifford Prize | 2026 | Shortlist | |
| Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | 2025 | Shortlist |
About This Book
The first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, structured around the intimate and artistic relationships that shaped his life and work: Beauford Delaney, Lucien Happersberger, Engin Cezzar, and Yoran Cazac. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.
About the Author
Nicholas BoggsAmerican
Nicholas Boggs is an American writer and independent scholar. Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, draws on newly uncovered archival material and original interviews. It was an instant New York Times bestseller, a TIME and Atlantic top-ten book of 2025, won the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award and the PEN/Jacqueline Bogard Weld Award, and was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.
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