Biography & Autobiography

"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn

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  A Radical Functionalist

  Lois Parkinson Zamora explores “Architect Hannes Meyer and Radical Modernism” by Georg Leidenberger.

  Lois Parkinson ZamoraNov 19

  • Art & Architecture

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  We Are the Alien

  Forest Lewis ponders Graham St John’s “Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna.”

  Forest LewisOct 18

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Mausoleum of Dreams

  Oliver Evans reviews Will Sloan’s new biography “Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA.”

  Oliver EvansOct 9

  • Film

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  A Spectacle and Nothing Strange

  Jacquelyn Ardam considers Francesca Wade’s “Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.”

  Jacquelyn ArdamOct 8

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Literary Criticism

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  Did the Buck Stop with Buckley?

  William F. Buckley’s patrician trappings didn’t keep him away from the mud, writes Greg Barnhisel in his review of Sam Tanenhaus’s biography of the conservative intellectual.

  Greg BarnhiselOct 2

  • Politics

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  When Philosophy Stopped the Traffic in New York City

  Alexandre Lefebvre explores Emily Herring’s “Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People.”

  Alexandre LefebvreSep 19

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  The Will to Power in China

  Anne Stevenson-Yang reviews Robert L. Suettinger’s “The Conscience of the Party” and Joseph Torigian’s “The Party’s Interests Come First.”

  Anne Stevenson-YangSep 10

  • Politics

  • History

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  A History That Needs to Be Retold

  Vivien Chang reviews Howard W. French’s “The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.”

  Vivien ChangAug 29

  • History

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  One Island, Many Histories

  Michelle T. King reviews Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison’s “Revolutionary Taiwan” and Anna Beth Keim’s “Heaven Does Not Block All Roads.”

  Michelle T. KingAug 27

  • History

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Certain, but Not Final

  Winnie Wang reviews Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s debut feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire.”

  Winnie WangAug 25

  • Film

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  A Forever for Sally

  M. G. Lord watches National Geographic’s new documentary “Sally.”

  M. G. LordJul 27

  • Film

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  The Wide Umbrella of “Queen”

  Emmeline Clein interviews Tourmaline about her new book “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson.”

  Emmeline CleinJul 10

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Gender & Sexuality