THE R. CRUMB STORY
What on earth happened to this family?
Surprising facts about Mark Twain that biographer Ron Chernow learned while writing new book
Best-selling author Ron Chernow's list of works has revealed details of historical titans easily identified by surnames -- Grant, Washington, Rockefeller. He even inspired the hit broadway musical "Hamilton." Chernow joins…
The Book-Makers
A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives
An Angel at My Table
An Angel at My Table is a 1990 biographical drama film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, To the Is-Land (1982), An Angel…
Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice
by Paula Byrne
Agnès All Along
The stunning, nonlinear career of Agnès Varda
How the Famous Lucy Fossil Revolutionized the Study of Human Origins
Half a century after its discovery, this iconic fossil remains central to our understanding of human origins
Confession of a Feminist
A serialized biography of Jane Grant (1892-1972), first woman reporter at The New York Times and co-founder of The New Yorker {read}