Biography & Autobiography

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

Meeting as Wonderstruck Kin
Marissa Grunes reviews Renée Bergland’s “Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science.”
Marissa GrunesJul 21
Over Time, the Spirit Moves
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore interviews Stacey D’Erasmo about “The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry.”
Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreJul 16
- Memoir & Essay
- Biography & Autobiography
Poor Reading, Weak Theory: An Excerpt from “The Amateur”
LARB presents an excerpt from Saikat Majumdar’s “The Amateur: Self-Making and the Humanities in the Postcolony.”
Saikat MajumdarJul 9
Why Frantz Fanon Changed His Name: On Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic”
Robert J. C. Young reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Robert J. C. YoungJun 29
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
Heartbreak Supernova: On Carrie Courogen’s “Miss May Does Not Exist”
Tim Riley reviews Carrie Courogen’s “Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius.”
Tim RileyJun 25
- Biography & Autobiography
- Film
Cupcakes and Crotch Kicks: On Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run?”
Tom Zoellner considers the eternal game of cat and mouse between celebrities and journalists in Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run? Classic...
Tom ZoellnerJun 24
The Man in the Ravine: On Andy McCullough’s “The Last of His Kind”
T. M. Brown reviews Andy McCullough’s “The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness.”
T. M. BrownJun 20
A Masque of Difference and Likeness: On Michael Nott’s “Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life”
Daniel Swain reviews Michael Nott’s “Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life” …
Daniel SwainJun 18
- Biography & Autobiography
- Poetry
Amour and Armour: A Conversation with Lyndsey Stonebridge
Samantha Rose Hill interviews Lyndsey Stonebridge about her new book “We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedienc...
Samantha Rose HillJun 13
Gaslight, Gatekeep, Glossier: On Marisa Meltzer’s “Glossy”
Diana Heald reviews Marisa Meltzer’s “Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier.”
Diana HealdJun 8
- Biography & Autobiography
- Nonfiction
Another World, Another Life: On Anaïs Ngbanzo’s “Who Are You Dorothy Dean?”
Conor Williams reviews a new biography of Dorothy Dean, edited by Anaïs Ngbanzo.
Conor WilliamsJun 2
Some Other I Before Me: On Seeking Guidance From AAPI Memoirs
For AAPI month, Rajpreet Heir writes about the creative guidance she’s found in memoirs by AAPI authors.
Rajpreet HeirMay 28