A Life in Biography
A podcast by Carl Rollyson
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222 Episodes
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Cynthia Ozick and “The Biographer’s Hat”
Published: 4/16/2022 -
Why John C. Calhoun still matters: a talk with his biographer, Robert Elder
Published: 4/8/2022 -
The poetry of biography, and the biography of poetry, with Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Published: 4/2/2022 -
Talking with Lee Kravetz about his fresh, intriguing depiction of Sylvia Plath and her world
Published: 3/27/2022 -
A conversation with David Beveridge, narrator of volume 2 of The Life of William Faulkner
Published: 3/19/2022 -
The Story of My Psychoanalysis and Sylvia Plath
Published: 3/12/2022 -
Hemingway’s Widow: A Conversation with Timothy Christian about his new biography of Mary Hemingway
Published: 3/5/2022 -
A conversation with Kathleen Brady about her biography of the saints of Assisi: Francis and Clare
Published: 2/26/2022 -
Another biography for Black History Month.
Published: 2/23/2022 -
A conversation with James McGrath Morris, author of Tony Hillerman: A Life
Published: 2/19/2022 -
A Biography of the Day for Black History Month
Published: 2/17/2022 -
An unusual group biography: The Psychologies of Political Exile: From Ovid to the Dalai Lama
Published: 2/12/2022 -
A conversation with Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi
Published: 2/5/2022 -
Don’t Be Afraid! We’re talking theory here.
Published: 2/3/2022 -
A lively talk with Steve Paul about Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S Connell
Published: 1/29/2022 -
Biography of the Day, Part 3
Published: 1/26/2022 -
Who is Assia Wevill? Why Does She Matter?
Published: 1/22/2022 -
The Biography of the Day, Part 2
Published: 1/19/2022 -
Who is Assia Wevill? Why She Matters. Part 1
Published: 1/15/2022 -
The Biography of The Day, Part 1
Published: 1/14/2022
Talks and interviews about the life of biography as experienced by a biographer over forty years and fourteen biographies, dealing with subjects ranging from Sylvia Plath to William Faulkner, Marilyn Monroe to Susan Sontag, and much more.