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The Struggle to Feel: On Benjamin Moser’s “Sontag: Her Life and Work”
Robert Minto interprets “Sontag: Her Life and Work” by Benjamin Moser.
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn
The Ordeal of Writing
Michael Krimper reviews a newly translated biography of Maurice Blanchot.
Proletarian Roadkill
Woody Haut reviews a new biography of Nelson Algren.
A Precious Gift: On Edythe Haber’s “Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter”
Robert Chandler celebrates the publication of “Teffi: A Life of Letters and of Laughter” by Edythe Haber.
Consistently Inconsistent: On Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Allen Mendenhall reviews Stephen Budiansky's new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Poetic Justice: Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Life in Law and Letters
Geoffrey Kirsch reviews "Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas" by Stephen Budiansky.
No Success Like Failure
Tim Riley reviews a new biography of Nick Lowe.
Star Power
Joseph Roach looks at new biographies on Richard Potter and Sarah Bernhardt to find the origin of the modern celebrity.
Biddy Mason: A Free Woman in Los Angeles
Candace Cooper reviews "Biddy Mason Speaks Up (Fighting for Justice)," a new book by Arisa White and Laura Atkins.
Benjamin Moser and the Smallest Woman in the World
Magdalena Edwards tells of her experience with Benjamin Moser, author of the forthcoming “Sontag: Her Life and Work.”
Johnson and Company
Leo Damrosch’s new book paints a vivid portrait of the 18th-century “Literary Club.”
Reading Gandhi Reading
Amit Chaudhuri reviews the new critical edition of Gandhi’s autobiography.
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