The Path from Mother Teresa to Memoir, as Walked by Mary Johnson
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)
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Makers: Women Who Make America
With "Makers: Women Who Make America," a three-hour documentary airing next week on PBS, as a catalyst for in-depth exploration, dive into the personal stories of these four extraordinary women. (READ MORE)
Playing the Game: A Q&A with Amy Webb, author of Data: A Love Story
Amy Webb’s new memoir, “Data: A Love Story,” charts her painfully funny journey through the algorithmic wilderness of online dating to a fairy-tale ending. Here, she chats with Biographile about the backlash from her book, the problem with serendipity, and her own true love story.(READ MORE)
Love It or Hate It: 10 Books for Valentine’s Day … No Matter the Mood You’re In
We rounded up real-life love stories, hilarious memoirs, heartbreaking letters, and wise counsel for every February 14 attitude, from the swooningly romantic to the strictly realistic to the wholeheartedly anti.(READ MORE)
50 Years of the New York Review of Books
On Tuesday, February 5, the "New York Review of Books" celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its first issue. The review was an optimistic experiment, and fifty years later, still offers erudite and irreverent commentary.(READ MORE)
Writers Under the Lit Influence
Lately we've been thinking a lot about literary influence, whether in relation to Geoff Dyer's D.H. Lawrence obsession or Graham Greene's haunting of Pico Iyer. Like apprentices of any trade, writers learn theory and craft from those who came before. As serious as that business can be, we can't help...(READ MORE)
Biographical Wanderlust: Traveling with Biographers to New Lands
In “Sidetracks: Explorations of a Romantic Biographer," the sister volume to Richard Holmes's classic “Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer” (which we explored earlier this week), he writes, "Biography, like love, begins in passionate curiosity." The same is true of the desire to travel,...(READ MORE)
Good Prose Month: The Top Ten Pieces of Advice
Our final lesson in good prose: remember all the fantastic advice we've been given, and get writing! Here are our favorite pieces of advice given over the course of Good Prose Month. (READ MORE)
Good Prose Month: Eddie Huang on His Devotion to His Editor
Eddie Huang, author of the new memoir Fresh Off the Boat, on his devotion to his editor.(READ MORE)
Good Prose Month: Advice from Executive Editor Shauna Summers
Executive Editor Shauna Summers on writing the book of your heart. (READ MORE)
