New Books in Biography

1697 Episodes

1. Chris Fleming, "On Drugs" (Giramondo Publishing, 2019)

   Published: 5/14/2020
2. Nancy Mattina, "Uncommon Anthropologist: Gladys Reichard and Western Native American Culture" (U Oklahoma Press, 2019)

   Published: 5/13/2020
3. Lisa Balabanlilar, "The Emperor Jahangir: Power and Kingship in Mughal India" (I. B. Tauris, 2020)

   Published: 5/8/2020
4. Kwasi Konadu, "In Our Own Way In this Part of the World" (Duke UP, 2019)

   Published: 5/7/2020
5. Martha Ackmann, "These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson" (Norton, 2020)

   Published: 4/28/2020
6. Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)

   Published: 4/28/2020
7. Margaret Randall, "I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary" (Duke UP, 2020)

   Published: 4/24/2020
8. David Kettler and Thomas Wheatland, "Learning From Franz L. Neumann" (Anthem Press, 2019)

   Published: 4/22/2020
9. Christopher Tomlins, "In the Matter of Nat Turner: A Speculative History" (Princeton UP, 2020)

   Published: 4/20/2020
10. Charles J. Holden, "Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump’s America" (UVA Press, 2019)

    Published: 4/20/2020
11. Cynthia Orozco, "Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist" (U Texas Press, 2020)

    Published: 4/16/2020
12. Great Books: Nicholas Johnson on Samuel Beckett

    Published: 4/14/2020
13. Tim Rooney, "John Beilein at Michigan: A Basketball Revival" (McFarland, 2020)

    Published: 4/10/2020
14. Great Books: Denis Hollier on Lévi-Strauss' "Tristes Tropiques"

    Published: 4/7/2020
15. Tom Chaffin, "Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations" (St. Martins, 2019)

    Published: 4/7/2020
16. Jeff Forret, "William’s Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and his Cargo of Black Convicts" (Cambridge UP, 2020)

    Published: 4/2/2020
17. Kimberly A. Hamlin, "Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener" (Norton, 2020)

    Published: 4/1/2020
18. Jin Y. Park, "Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp" (U of Hawaii Press, 2017)

    Published: 3/31/2020
19. Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy" (MIT Press, 2020)

    Published: 3/30/2020
20. Jay Weiner, "Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota’s Greatest Public Historian" (U Minnesota Press, 2019)

    Published: 3/18/2020