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What If?: New Insight into the Friendship of Virginia Woolf and T. S. Eliot
A newly opened archive of Eliot’s letters sheds light on his friendship with Woolf.
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn
Ghosts of the Avant-Garde: On Johanna Drucker’s “Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist”
A remarkable account of the life, work, and afterlife of an elusive modernist artist.
Are You Listening?
Sophia Stewart on Stephen Sondheim, Georges Seurat, Sam Francis, and the recovered power of the muse.
Doing Something: On Keisha N. Blain’s “Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America”
A biography of activist Fannie Lou Hamer compares her work to today’s activists.
A Solo on the Pipe: On Julia Copus’s “This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew”
Declan Ryan gleans new insights on poet Charlotte Mew from “This Rare Spirit,” a biography by Julia Copus.
“A Home in the Neon Heat of Nature”: A New Biography of Czesław Miłosz
Cynthia Haven’s “Czesław Miłosz: A California Life” captures the formative dynamics of exile.
Lee’s Fault
John Reeves reviews Allen C Guelzo's new biography of Robert E. Lee.
The Season of Hardwick
Zachary Fine on the resurgence of Elizabeth Hardwick.
Exile on Man Street: On Tracey Thorn’s “My Rock ’n’ Roll Friend”
A provocative biography of Lindy Morrison, drummer for the Australian indie-rock band The Go-Betweens.
A House of One’s Own: On Deborah Levy’s “Real Estate”
At the crux of Deborah Levy’s concerns is how to live a creative life as a woman.
Boas and His Students
Michael S. Roth explores “Gods of the Upper Air” by Charles King.
The Philosopher’s Trail: On Samantha Rose Hill’s “Hannah Arendt”
Shaan Sachdev reviews “Hannah Arendt” by Samantha Rose Hill, a new book in Reaktion Books’s Critical Lives series.
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