M.E. Thomas is the author behind Confessions of a Sociopath, a psychological study of diagnosed sociopaths by none other than a diagnosed sociopath. Here she presents us with five commonly held misconceptions of what sociopathy is about, and she proceeds to debunk each myth(READ MORE)
In Oppenheimer, Ray Monk's new biography of the Father of the Atomic Bomb, Monk aims to show how the scientist's "philosophy and his ethical and spiritual concerns" are in fact "twin parts of the same soul." (READ MORE)
Colin Broderick, author of the new memoir That's That, is a first-hand witness of the infighting in Northern Ireland known as The Troubles, a time when bullets flew from the '60s to the '90s. Gladly sitting down to chat with us about his story Behind the Books, Colin tells us of his literary leanings.(READ MORE)
now out with her most recent memoir, Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders, Jennifer Finney Boylan waxes reflective on her bookish habits: rendering a story from the clutter of life, moving "from a life of invention to a life of truth," and writing "until you shake most...(READ MORE)
In this installment of Behind the Books, Glenn Frankel - author of The Searchers - pauses from his projects to sit down with us and talk all things bookish: his sprawling, sunny workspace, the "sly" and "supple" writing of Bob Dylan's Chronicle: Volume One, the closed border between fact and fiction,...(READ MORE)
With time, writing and reliving the past proves to be its own form of catharsis. In that vein, we asked Richard, author of Stations of the Heart, a deeply felt exploration of despair in the wake of his son Adam's death, about the habits he's formed around writing and reading in this installment of Behind...(READ MORE)
Biographile sits down with James Lasdun, author of Give Me Everything You Have, to ask him about his first memoir, and the difficult circumstances under which it was written. His is a dark yet refreshingly philosophical tale, interspersed with musings on the Middle East and the literary influences in...(READ MORE)
Michael Hainey was six years old when his father died suddenly one night. In his memoir, After Visiting Friends, Michael Hainey writes about growing up and eventually approaching the as-yet-unsolved story as a journalist, interviewing his father’s former colleagues and friends, and finally uncovering...(READ MORE)
Leigh Newman, author of Still Points North, took some time away from her Brooklyn family and editorial gig at Oprah.com to discuss her new memoir about growing up in the wild world of Alaska, in the even wilder world of her childhood home. (READ MORE)
If Biographile is the online hub for lovers of real life stories, the Leon Levy Center for Biography at CUNY’s Graduate Center is the brick-and-mortar epicenter. We caught up with Gary Giddins, executive director of LLCB, in anticipation of Writing Writers’ Lives, its fifth annual biography conference...(READ MORE)
