2026-08-02
25 分钟And welcome to Meet the Writers.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
James Baldwin remains one of the defining literary voices of the 20th century, a writer
who turned his life from Harlem to Paris and beyond into work that still shapes
how we think about race, identity and belonging.
From Go Tell It on the Mountain to Giovanni's Room and If Beale Street Could Talk,
his writing is intimate, political and unflinching.
And yet much of Baldwin himself has remained just out of reach.
In Baldwin, a love story, my guest traces his life through the people closest to him,
revealing how those relationships shaped both the man and the work.
Nicholas Boggs, welcome to Meet the Writers.
I'm thrilled to be here.
It's really lovely to have you here.
We've known each other for some time, mostly through your husband, partner?
Fiance.
Fiance.
The Booker Prize winning writer, Marlon James.
So we've seen each other socially in quite a few places, but there's not an awful lot I know about your life.
For instance, you just revealed that you had actually lived here in London.
So tell me, I believe you grew up in Washington, D.C. I did.