Biography & Autobiography

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

“No Longer the Person I Was”: The Dazzling Correspondence of Albert Camus and Maria Casarès
Robert Zaretsky on the correspondence between Albert Camus and Maria Casarès.
Robert ZaretskyMar 4, 2018
The Abortion Queen of San Francisco
Stephen J. Gallas reviews "The Audacity of Inez Burns: Dreams, Desire, Treachery & Ruin in the City of Gold."
Stephen J. GallasFeb 24, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
Mapping No-Man’s Land: On Thomas Dilworth’s “David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet”
Kevin McMahon praises “David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet” by Thomas Dilworth.
Kevin McMahonFeb 8, 2018
Keeping the Darwinian Faith
A review of Michael Ruse’s book on the religion of scientism.
Charles LaPorte, Joseph LaPorteJan 30, 2018
The Re-Re-Rewriter: Octavia E. Butler and the MAYBE Book
A new book on Octavia Butler and her lost manuscripts.
Rebecca J. HoldenJan 13, 2018
Life in the Fast Lane
Charles L. Ponce de Leon reviews “Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine” by Joe Hagan.
Charles L. Ponce De LeonJan 7, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
Writing Lives: James Atlas on the Art of Biography
James Atlas chronicles the pleasures and perils of literary biography.
John TytellJan 3, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Memoir & Essay
Acquisition and Empire: On James Delbourgo’s “Collecting the World”
On the origins of the British Museum.
Suzanne FischerDec 10, 2017
“But Maybe?”: Immortality, Time, and Nabokov’s Dream Diary
Making sense of Nabokov’s dreams.
Andrea PitzerDec 4, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
A Light on Vivian Maier
Emilie Bickerton reviews Pamela Bannos's "Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife."
Emilie BickertonNov 23, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
Zora Neale Hurston: “A Genius of the South”
John W. W. Zeiser reviews Peter Bagge's graphic biography "Fire!! The Zora Neale Hurston Story."
John W. W. ZeiserNov 13, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Comics
Wrapped in Furs: On Bunny Mellon, My Mother, and Women as Currency
Susan Zakin locates her mother’s story and a history of female struggle in Meryl Gordon’s biography, “Bunny Mellon: The Life of An American Style Legend.”
Susan ZakinOct 25, 2017