A Life in Biography
A podcast by Carl Rollyson
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222 Episodes
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What’s New in Biography, Part 3: Show Business and the Archives
Published: 9/25/2021 -
A talk about a great figure in the Civil Rights movement, Fannie Lou Hamer.
Published: 9/18/2021 -
What’s New in Biography, Part 2
Published: 9/11/2021 -
Part 1: What’s New In Biography
Published: 9/4/2021 -
Season 2, Episode 1: A Preview of Coming Attractions
Published: 8/28/2021 -
Part 5 of my conversation with Tim Christian and Carol Sklenicka about the business of biography
Published: 8/20/2021 -
Part 4 of a discussion of the principles, practices and mechanics of biography
Published: 8/14/2021 -
A conversation with Susan Ronald about her new biography about Joseph Kennedy, The Ambassador
Published: 8/7/2021 -
Talking with Connie Palmen about her biographical novel, written in the voice of Ted Hughes
Published: 8/4/2021 -
A talk with Jerome Charyn about his novel, Sergeant Salinger, and the aims of biographical fiction.
Published: 8/1/2021 -
Part 3 of our discussion on the principles, practices, and mechanics of biography
Published: 7/31/2021 -
More with Tim Christian & Carol Sklenicka about the principles, practices & mechanics of biography
Published: 7/24/2021 -
Episode 66: The Principles & Practices of Biography: A Talk with Tim Christian & Carol Sklenicka
Published: 7/17/2021 -
Episode 65: Biography and the Hermeneutic Circle
Published: 7/10/2021 -
Episode 64: Janet Malcolm and the Black Art of Biography
Published: 7/3/2021 -
A Life in Biography (Trailer)
Published: 6/28/2021 -
Episode 63: Talking with Carol Sklenicka about her biography of Alice Adams
Published: 6/27/2021 -
Episode 62: A Talk with Kai Bird about his new Shakespearean/Faulknerian biography of Jimmy Carter
Published: 6/19/2021 -
Episode 61: Biography Anne Sebba discussing Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
Published: 6/12/2021 -
Episode 60: The Case for Literary Prurience
Published: 6/5/2021
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.