Biography & Autobiography

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

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  Every Word Is to Be Construed in Favor of Liberty

  Joshua D. Rothman reviews Zaakir Tameez’s biography “Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation.”

  Joshua D. RothmanJun 3

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • History

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  Turning Savage to Create a New World

  Sarah Moorhouse reads Sue Prideaux’s “Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin.”

  Sarah MoorhouseJun 2

  • Art & Architecture

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Remembering in Concrete Form

  Courtney Thomas interviews Brendan Greaves about “Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen.”

  Courtney ThomasMay 19

  • Music

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  A Certain Reputation It Cannot Be Denied

  Victoria Horrocks re-remembers Vanessa Bell.

  Victoria HorrocksMay 11

  • Art & Architecture

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Rising from Her Verses

  In a preview from LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” Sophia Stewart explores the poetry and politics of Julia de Burgos.

  Sophia StewartMay 11

  • LARB Lit

  • Poetry

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  The Man Who Believed He Could Have Raised Hitler to Be a Nice Person

  Åsmund Borgen Gjerde excavates the link between Ole Ivar Lovaas’s Nazi past and his UCLA-based work on “curing” autistic children.

  Åsmund Borgen GjerdeApr 10

  • Science & Technology

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Unparalleled Processing

  Michael Knapp reviews Mike Singer’s “Why So Serious? The Untold Story of NBA Champion Nikola Jokic.”

  Michael KnappMar 31

  • Sports

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Achmed Abdullah, Swinging Caravan

  In this new installment of an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on Achmed Abdullah’s significance in the year 1925.

  Tom LutzMar 31

  • Literary Criticism

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Passing in Black-and-White

  Akanksha Singh reviews Mayukh Sen’s “Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star.”

  Akanksha SinghMar 4

  • Film

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Legal Agitator of Our Time

  Rodger Citron reviews Robert L. Tsai’s “Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer’s Pursuit of Equal Justice for All.”

  Rodger CitronFeb 24

  • Law

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  The Young Dead

  Tim Riley considers Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King.”

  Tim RileyFeb 6

  • Music

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  The Last Laugh

  Maureen Holloway considers Elizabeth Alsop’s “Elaine May.”

  Maureen HollowayFeb 5

  • Film

  • Biography & Autobiography