New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Anne Higonnet, "Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution" (Norton, 2024)

   Published: 10/18/2024
2. Amy Reading, "The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker" (Mariner Books, 2024)

   Published: 10/18/2024
3. Suganya Anandakichenin, "The Monsoon Cloud: Poet Kāḷamēkam and His Irreverent Poetry" (Primus, 2024)

   Published: 10/17/2024
4. Jennifer Lang, "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces & Poses" (Vine Leaves Press, 2024)

   Published: 10/17/2024
5. Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri, "Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad Ibn Qasim Al-Hajari Between Europe and North Africa" (U California Press, 2023)

   Published: 10/16/2024
6. Jackie Wang, "Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun: An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood" (Semiotext(e), 2023)

   Published: 10/14/2024
7. Aliza Arzt, "Turning the Pages: Conversations Through Time with Rabbi Isador Signer" (Ben Yehuda Press, 2024)

   Published: 10/13/2024
8. Robert Gerwarth, “Hitler’s Hangman: The Life of Heydrich” (Yale UP, 2012)

   Published: 10/9/2024
9. Iris Jamahl Dunkle, "Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb" (U California Press, 2024)

   Published: 10/6/2024
10. Christopher Paul Clohessy, "Half of My Heart: The Narratives of Zaynab, Daughter of Alî" (Gorgias Press, 2020)

    Published: 10/6/2024
11. Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action

    Published: 10/3/2024
12. Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav, "Being Hindu, Being Indian: Lala Lajpat Rai’s Ideas of Nationhood" (India Viking, 2024)

    Published: 9/29/2024
13. William H. F. Altman, "Plato the Teacher: The Crisis of the Republic" (Lexington, 2012)

    Published: 9/24/2024
14. Jane Little Botkin, "The Pink Dress: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen" (She Writes Press, 2024)

    Published: 9/24/2024
15. Francis Stevens, "The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories" (MIT Press, 2024)

    Published: 9/23/2024
16. Robert Polner and Michael Tubridy, "An Irish Passion for Justice: The Life of Rebel New York Attorney Paul O'Dwyer" (Cornell UP, 2024)

    Published: 9/22/2024
17. Jack Palmer, "Zygmunt Bauman and the West: A Sociology of Intellectual Exile" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2023)

    Published: 9/22/2024
18. Tom Navon, "Radical Assimilation in the Face of the Holocaust: Otto Heller (1897–1945)" (SUNY Press, 2024)

    Published: 9/21/2024
19. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, "Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde" (FSG, 2024)

    Published: 9/19/2024
20. Jack Margolin, "The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army" (Reaktion Books, 2024)

    Published: 9/19/2024