Sam "The Banana Man" Zemurray’s remarkable life is captured in “The Fish That Ate the Whale,” the page-turning biography from Rich Cohen. Cohen shared his thoughts with Biographile on how one man and his favorite herb explains “the history of the nation.”(READ MORE)
In John Elder Robison's new memoir "Raising Cubby," he reflects on the bond between himself and his son, both considered "on the spectrum" of autism. Together they share similar interests and frequent laughs as they defend the notion that "misfits" can fit in just fine.(READ MORE)
In this installment of Behind the Books, we steal a look at author Dick Lehr's literary habits: sipping coffee in an attic-turned-workspace, the raw voice of Richard Price, having the "imagination to see a story," and following the sound advice in personal letter from Arthur Miller.(READ MORE)
Christa Parravani, author of "Her," talked to Biographile about the long struggle to deal with the loss of her twin sister, and how "Her" helped to make her whole once again.(READ MORE)
Americans today are drowning in celebrity culture. We take it so much for granted that we forget how hard our forefathers worked to invent it. Celebrity pioneer Davy Crockett, for example, became a mega-celeb in the 1830s. Here's how to model your life after his.(READ MORE)
The "Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen," written by Matt Lee and Ted Lee, is a breath of fresh air for a city saturated by recent attention to its cuisine. With more than 100 recipes, maps of walking and driving tours for Charleston, and stories to accompany nearly every dish, it explains the simple but sophisticated...(READ MORE)
The author of ‘An Unquenchable Thirst’ reflects on the difficulties of letting go of the selflessness of nunhood to the self-reflection of memoir. (READ MORE)
"Life is short—art is shorter," begins a section of David Shields’s just published "How Literature Saved My Life." With that succinct spirit in mind, we asked just three questions of David. His replies offer a cross-section of the probing mind and voice you'll meet in his new work, in the pages of...(READ MORE)
In the early twenty-first century wheel of ideas and culture, biographer Jean Strouse is at the hub. As director of The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers since 2003, she leads a community of academics, independent scholars, and creative writers over...(READ MORE)
Editor's Note: In this multipart series, Biographile and Rita Jacobs, PhD, walked you through finding the inspiration and motivation to start – and keep – a journal, and then turned her expertise to transforming journal entries into memoir. In the final part of this series, Dr. Jacobs gets you over...(READ MORE)
