In His League: Being George Plimpton In His League: Being George Plimpton
An affectionate and absorbing oral history raises questions of whether George Plimpton's amiable exterior concealed a man without qualities.
Jan 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst That Girl: The Captivity and Restoration of Patty Hearst
Was Patty Hearst really a rebel in search of a cause?
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Her Nature Was Future: Emily Dickinson’s White Heat Her Nature Was Future: Emily Dickinson’s White Heat
The intimate friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson takes wing in two new books.
Nov 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Naipaul’s Darkness: Patrick French’s ‘The World Is What It Is’ Naipaul’s Darkness: Patrick French’s ‘The World Is What It Is’
Biographer Patrick French offers a vivid, sometimes enthralling portrait of a deeply enigmatic writer.
Nov 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Walter Benjamin Forever: A Critic’s Coveted Afterlife Walter Benjamin Forever: A Critic’s Coveted Afterlife
Following the quirky, revolutionary life path of one of the most celebrated twentieth-century intellectuals.
Oct 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic A Hungry Mind: Giordano Bruno, Philosopher and Heretic
Ingrid Rowland's Giordano Bruno rediscovers the Renaissance philosopher and heretic.
Sep 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace An Unlikely King: Hussein in War and Peace
An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.
Sep 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai
The James Gang The James Gang
In Henry James and his family, biographers find a fascinating story of dynastic melodrama.
Jul 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Green Days Green Days
The biography of Joschka Fischer tells the story of postwar Germany.
Feb 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anson Rabinbach
Bella’s Way Bella’s Way
They just don't make women politicians like Bella Abzug anymore.
Jan 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nona Willis Aronowitz