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The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

The Mankiewicz Brothers' Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher's <em>Mank</em>

The Mankiewicz Brothers' Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher's Mank

Sydney Stern on the Beauty and Limits of Capturing Icons on Screen

By Sydney Ladensohn Stern | December 4, 2020

A special issue of <em>The Volta</em> honors the life and work of poet Molly Brodak.

A special issue of The Volta honors the life and work of poet Molly Brodak.

By Walker Caplan | December 2, 2020

The Painter and the Scientist: <br>Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

The Painter and the Scientist:
Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

Francesca Fiorani Charts the Creative and Intellectual Life of the Great Renaissance Polymath

By Francesca Fiorani | December 2, 2020

A Rare Look at Obama Before the Presidency

A Rare Look at Obama Before the Presidency

On Photographing a Young Senate-Hopeful

By David Katz | December 1, 2020

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 1, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

The Biography I'll Never Truly Finish Writing

By Fortunato Salazar | November 30, 2020

Who Exactly Was Rilke's Young Poet Correspondent?

By Damion Searls | November 30, 2020

The Medieval Philosopher Who Outlined the Basics of the Universe

By Seb Falk | November 30, 2020

When Paul Robeson <br> Became a Star

When Paul Robeson
Became a Star

From the First-Ever Graphic Biography of the American Icon

By Sharon Rudahl | November 30, 2020

The 'Race' Question: Where Henry Adams Lacked<br> Moral Insight

The 'Race' Question: Where Henry Adams Lacked
Moral Insight

David S. Brown on a Great American Historical Figure
During Reconstruction

By David S. Brown | November 25, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, November Edition

Featuring Barack Obama, Celia Paul, a Vermeer Thief, and More

By Book Marks | November 25, 2020

Was Freud a Scam Artist?

Was Freud a Scam Artist?

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | November 25, 2020

Wayne Macauley on <br>Gerald Murnane's Most Memorable Book

Wayne Macauley on
Gerald Murnane's Most Memorable Book

Considering "Cultural Cringe" and the Issue of Literary Influence

By Wayne Macauley | November 24, 2020

The Writer Who Uncovered Crimes Against His Native Ancestors

The Writer Who Uncovered Crimes Against His Native Ancestors

David Grann on Dennis McAuliffe Jr.'s The Deaths of Sybil Bolton

By David Grann | November 20, 2020

Why Harry Houdini DID NOT Like Arthur Conan Doyle

Why Harry Houdini DID NOT Like Arthur Conan Doyle

When the Rational Trickster Meets the Credulous Rationalist

By Chris Gosden | November 19, 2020

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