New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Joseph T. Stuart, "Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War" (Catholic U of America Press, 2022)

   Published: 2/24/2023
2. Jeffrey J. Matthews, "Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot" (U Notre Dame Press, 2019)

   Published: 2/24/2023
3. Leonard C. Spitale, "Victorine Du Pont: The Force Behind the Family" (U Delaware Press, 2022)

   Published: 2/24/2023
4. Deborah Holt Larkin, "A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of California's Most Notorious Killer" (Pegasus Crime, 2022)

   Published: 2/22/2023
5. Lynn Cullen, "The Woman with the Cure" (Berkley Books, 2023)

   Published: 2/19/2023
6. Patrick Bixby, "Unaccompanied Traveler: The Writings of Kathleen M. Murphy" (Syracuse UP, 2021)

   Published: 2/18/2023
7. Stephen F. Knott, "Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy" (UP of Kansas, 2022)

   Published: 2/16/2023
8. Nic Brown, "Bang Bang Crash: A Memoir" (Counterpoint, 2023)

   Published: 2/14/2023
9. Winston James, "Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik" (Columbia UP, 2022)

   Published: 2/11/2023
10. Mike Westhoff, "Figure It Out: My Thirty-Two-Year Journey While Revolutionizing Pro Football's Special Teams" (Mascot Books, 2022)

    Published: 2/11/2023
11. Ben Burgis, "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters" (Zero Books, 2022)

    Published: 2/7/2023
12. “Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart Brand

    Published: 2/7/2023
13. Geoffrey Roberts, "Stalin's Library: A Dictator and His Books" (Yale UP, 2022)

    Published: 2/6/2023
14. Alan Verskin, "Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah: The Sixteenth-Century Journey of David Reubeni Through Africa, the Middle East, and Europe" (Stanford UP, 2023)

    Published: 2/6/2023
15. Otherness, Disability, and Beauty: A Conversation with Pulitzer finalist Chloé Cooper Jones

    Published: 1/31/2023
16. Book Talk 57: Anne Fernald and Rajgopal Saikumar on Virginia Woolf's "Three Guineas" (1938)

    Published: 1/30/2023
17. Vona Groarke, "Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O'Hara" (NYU Press, 2022)

    Published: 1/29/2023
18. George Anton Kiraz, "Water the Willow Tree: Memoirs of a Bethlehem Boyhood" (Gorgias Press, 2022)

    Published: 1/29/2023
19. Oline Eaton, "Finding Jackie: The Second Act of America's First Lady" (Diversion Books, 2023)

    Published: 1/24/2023
20. Dick Weissman, "Bob Dylan's New York: A Historic Guide" (SUNY Press, 2022)

    Published: 1/22/2023