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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.
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn
“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.
“He Soars So Incredibly High”: A Conversation about Robert Walser with Susan Bernofsky
Veronica Esposito speaks to Susan Bernofsky, author of the long-awaited biography of Robert Walser, “Clairvoyant of the Small.”
A Love Story Finally Brought to Light: On Liz Brown’s “Twilight Man”
A biography chronicling two gay men during the US Gilded Age.
A Would-Be Emperor Too Good to Be True
Nilanjan Bhowmick reviews Supriya Gandhi's biography of Dara Shukoh, "The Emperor Who Never Was."
History Is Happening: On Edmund de Waal’s “Letters to Camondo”
An epistolary biography of a midcentury French businessman and patron of the arts.
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