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A Tornado of Causes
Bridey Heing reviews Larry Tye's "Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon".
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn
Dev Developing: Ronan Fanning’s “Éamon de Valera: A Will to Power”
The political biography of Éamon de Valera and his time in power in Ireland.
Behind the Grunt: Finding the Soul of the Godfather of Soul
James McBride adds flesh and bone to musical myth.
The History of Prestige: Blanche Knopf and Literary Culture
Josh Lambert discusses the history of literary prestige with Alfred and Blanche Knopf.
A Horror of “Pretty,” “Sweet” Writing
Constance Fenimore Woolson deserves more credit; Anne Boyd Rioux has helped.
Meta Barbra
People tend to love Barbra Streisand or hate her or both at the same time depending on the day and the project and the era and the mood.
Smita Patil’s Avatars
The Deep Wound
A writer's best work tends to acknowledge early obsessions, especially the conflicted ones.
Who Was Sharon Tate?
Sanders's first contribution was to see Manson as an individual — not a symbol.
Poetry in Motion
"Sinatra's Century" offers multiple views of a subject that fascinates its author.
Reading Madame Bovary in the Provinces
"Madame Bovary" — a text that, together with Camembert, Côtes du Rhône, and French kissing, may stand as one of France's most enduring cultural exports.
A Lady’s Vindication: “Lady Byron and Her Daughters” Attempts to Set the Record Straight
A new biography of Lady Byron, wife of the notorious Romantic poet, again raises issues of what it means to write the life of a woman overshadowed by a powerful man.
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