New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Dianne Ashton and Melissa R. Klapper, "The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai" (NYU Press, 2024)

   Published: 12/15/2024
2. Emanuela Trevisan Semi, "Taamrat Emmanuel: An Ethiopian Jewish Intellectual, Between Colonized and Colonizers" (Centro Primo Levi, 2018)

   Published: 12/14/2024
3. Beth Kaplan, "Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin" (Syracuse UP, 2007)

   Published: 12/12/2024
4. David J. Collins, SJ, "Disenchanting Albert the Great: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Magician" (Penn State UP, 2024)

   Published: 12/12/2024
5. Rebecca Brenner Graham, "Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany" (Citadel Press, 2025)

   Published: 12/10/2024
6. Henri Colt, "Becoming Modigliani" (Rake Press, 2024)

   Published: 12/9/2024
7. F. K. Clementi, "South of My Dreams: Finding My American Home, A Memoir" (U South Carolina Press, 2024)

   Published: 12/9/2024
8. Marlene L. Daut, "The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe" (Knopf, 2025)

   Published: 12/8/2024
9. Jane Austen's Darkness: A Conversation with Julia Yost

   Published: 12/4/2024
10. Keith Gandal, "Firsthand: How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis While Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things" (U Michigan Press, 2024)

    Published: 12/1/2024
11. Julie Salverson, "A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter's Daughter" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2024)

    Published: 12/1/2024
12. Seth Rogovoy, "Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison" (Oxford UP, 2024)

    Published: 11/29/2024
13. Johanna Drucker, "Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)

    Published: 11/29/2024
14. Mary Ellen Curtin, "She Changed the Nation: Barbara Jordan's Life and Legacy in Black Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

    Published: 11/28/2024
15. Denys Turner, "Dante the Theologian" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

    Published: 11/27/2024
16. Cornelia M. Spelman, "Solace" (Jackleg Press, 2024)

    Published: 11/20/2024
17. Connie DeNave, "The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass" (2023)

    Published: 11/18/2024
18. Karen M. Dunak, "Our Jackie: Public Claims on a Private Life" (NYU Press, 2024)

    Published: 11/17/2024
19. Peter Worthing, "General He Yingqin: The Rise and Fall of Nationalist China" (Cambridge UP, 2016)

    Published: 11/17/2024
20. Deborah Parker, "Becoming Belle Da Costa Greene: A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters" (Villa I Tatti, 2024)

    Published: 11/16/2024