Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Historians and academics always face the challenge of balancing biography with what T. S. Eliot called “those vast impersonal forces” that hold us in their grip and shape history.

Richard Avedon was the most famous fashion photographer in the world, but for much of his life struggled to be taken seriously as an art photographer.

"Spoiler Alert is a splendid memoir. A love story, lovingly told."

“I didn’t read her book. All those reviews . . .” said a 60-something man.

“I never liked her. She’s too pompous,” said a middle-aged woman.

“a gift that feeds those who wish to sing and long to write.”

A funny thing one comes across when reading biographies about Russian revolutionaries is how bourgeois nearly all of their lives were.

“For anyone who enjoys reading about American history, this book is most enjoyable, informative, and belongs on the library shelf.”

In the Beat Generation tribe, Robert Frank was the odd man out.

“Kotkin’s exhaustive research, careful historical judgments, shrewd insights, and splendid writing . . .”

“Twenty-Two on Peleliu will haunt, enchant and thrill . . . it will inspire you with stories of heroism and courage . . .

Conservatives in both the two major United States political parties can relax about Bernie Sanders’ new book.

Oriana Fallaci was the legendary Italian journalist known for her confrontational interviewing tactics that came to be known as ‘La Fallaci’ style.