California, Coming Home: On Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert’s “Listen, World!”
Lauren Arrington considers a biography of influential newspaper columnist Elsie Robinson, “Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became...
Lauren Arrington considers a biography of influential newspaper columnist Elsie Robinson, “Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became...
Lauren ArringtonNov 28, 2022
Jesse Robertson considers the legacy of insomnia-prone radio host Art Bell.
Jesse RobertsonNov 22, 2022
Alec Pollak reviews Ada Calhoun’s ”Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father, and Me.”
Alec PollakNov 21, 2022
J. E. Smyth commemorates a landmark anniversary of forgotten screenwriter and guild president, the sharp-tongued, blacklisted Mary McCall.
J. E. SmythNov 18, 2022
Vesper North considers Gene Andrew Jarrett’s updated biography, “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird.”
Vesper NorthNov 17, 2022
Kaya Genç surveys the work of Annie Ernaux via her memoir “Getting Lost,” translated by Alison L. Strayer.
Kaya GençOct 10, 2022
Patrick A. Howell scans the legacy of the great African American photographer Robert Houston.
Patrick A. HowellOct 8, 2022
Rose Higham-Stainton pores over “The Letters of Rosemary and Bernadette Mayer 1976–1980.”
Rose Higham-StaintonOct 7, 2022
Randal Jelks considers two books about underappreciated Civil Rights figures, A. J. Baime’s “White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and...
Randal Maurice JelksSep 29, 2022
Justin Tyler Clark reviews Mark Braude’s new biography “Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris.”
Justin Tyler ClarkSep 20, 2022
Travis Diehl on Justin Beal’s biography-cum-memoir, “Sandfuture.”
Travis DiehlSep 16, 2022
Abena Ampofoa Asare on the diasporic wanderings — and singular meeting — of James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe.
Abena Ampofoa AsareAug 10, 2022
Craig Lindsey reviews two new biographies of major rap DJs by Dan Charnas and Lance Scott Walker.
Craig LindseyAug 10, 2022
Chris Yogerst reviews Richard Schickel’s “The Famous Mr. Fairbanks: A Story of Celebrity.”
Chris YogerstAug 7, 2022
Tim Riley reviews Elizabeth Wilson’s new biography “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia.”
Tim RileyAug 4, 2022
Edward Tyerman reviews Robert Leach’s new biography, “Sergei Tretyakov: A Revolutionary Writer in Stalin’s Russia.”
Edward TyermanJul 14, 2022
Daniel N. Gullotta reviews David S. Brown’s new biography, “The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson.”
Daniel N. GullottaJul 11, 2022
Steven Aschheim reviews “Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes,” a new biography by Jerry Z. Muller.
Steven E. AschheimJun 27, 2022
“Oscar Wilde: A Life” displays an almost Tolstoyan attention to detail.
Kaya GençApr 15, 2022
Maria Rubins weighs Tolstoy’s complicated legacy, with the help Andrei Zorin’s new biography and Vadim Shneyder’s “Russia’s Capitalist Realism.”
Maria RubinsApr 14, 2022
Meir Kahane reveled in hateful tactics and propagated hate as an ontological principle.
David N. MyersApr 7, 2022
A well-researched biography of a neglected major choreographer of avant-garde dance.
Harlow RobinsonMar 24, 2022
Widely despised at the end of his presidency, Harry Truman’s reputation has grown since.
Henry DykstalMar 1, 2022
Bob Blaisdell examines new biographies of Anton Chekhov by Michael C. Finke and Donald Rayfield.
Bob BlaisdellFeb 15, 2022