New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Richard Bradford, "Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

   Published: 1/20/2023
2. The Thought of Ivan Illich

   Published: 1/20/2023
3. We Shall Overcome: Sister Thea Bowman and the Black Catholic Experience

   Published: 1/18/2023
4. Holy Paradox and St. Teresa of Ávila: Mysticism in Sixteenth Century Spain

   Published: 1/15/2023
5. Elia Meghnagi, "Escape from Benghazi: Diary of an Imposter" (Vallentine Mitchell, 2022)

   Published: 1/15/2023
6. On Émile Durkheim's "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life" (1912)

   Published: 1/15/2023
7. Donna Stein, "Archaeology of Metaphor: The Art of Gilah Yelin Hirsch" (Skira, 2022)

   Published: 1/14/2023
8. Marxists and Mystics: A Vatican Journalist Discusses her Biography of Madeleine Delbrêl and the New Papal Constitution

   Published: 1/13/2023
9. Paul S. Landau, "Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries" (Ohio UP, 2022)

   Published: 1/13/2023
10. Wout J. van Bekkum, "The Religious Poetry of El'azar Ben Ya'aqov Ha-Bavli (Baghdad, 13th C.)" (Brill, 2022)

    Published: 1/12/2023
11. Restless Pilgrims: About CS Lewis

    Published: 1/11/2023
12. Sarah Imhoff, "The Lives of Jessie Sampter: Queer, Disabled, Zionist" (Duke UP, 2022)

    Published: 1/11/2023
13. Richard Wolin, "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology" (Yale UP, 2023)

    Published: 1/10/2023
14. Peter Hudis, "Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades" (Pluto Press, 2015)

    Published: 1/7/2023
15. Albert Glinsky, "Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution" (Oxford UP, 2022)

    Published: 1/7/2023
16. Ellen Cassedy, "Working 9 to 5: A Women's Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie" (Chicago Review Press, 2022)

    Published: 1/6/2023
17. Vanessa A. Bee, "Home Bound: An Uprooted Daughter's Reflections on Belonging" (Astra, 2022)

    Published: 1/4/2023
18. John P. Gluck, "Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals: A Primate Scientist's Ethical Journey" (U Chicago Press, 2016)

    Published: 1/3/2023
19. Aaron W. Hughes, "Jacob Neusner: An American Jewish Iconoclast" (NYU Press, 2016)

    Published: 1/3/2023
20. Rebecca Binns, "Gee Vaucher: Beyond Punk, Feminism and the Avant-Garde" (Manchester UP, 2022)

    Published: 1/2/2023