Koren Zailckas on the Trauma of Summertime
As part of our 'That Summer' series, Koren Zailckas remembers the trauma of being at home for the summer months.(READ MORE)
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The Bravado of Youth and Mustard on Steak, by Bret Anthony Johnston
Biographile’s That Summer series inspired Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Remember Me Like This, to share a beautiful story of father and son.(READ MORE)
Child Lost and Found: Saroo Brierley’s Long, Strange Journey
At five years old, Saroo Brierley was lost on a train in India. Twenty-five years later, in Australia, he finds his way back. He tells the story of that journey in the memoir, A Long Way Home.(READ MORE)
Daughter of an Outlaw: A Q&A with Maria Venegas
Maria Venegas, author of the new memoir ‘Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter,' joins Biographile for an interview. (READ MORE)
What’s in the Pot, Jenny McCarthy: An Exclusive Q&A
Biographile caught up with Jenny McCarthy recently to have a quick conversation about the spotlight, what’s sacred, and her new book, Stirring the Pot.(READ MORE)
Tony Dokoupil, Son of a Marijuana Smuggler, Reports on Dad’s Piracy
Tony Dokoupil didn’t grow up like you and I did, unless, perhaps, you happen to be a progeny of the Escobars of Medellin. (READ MORE)
Catching Up with Blake Bailey About The Splendid Things We Planned
In his new memoir, The Splendid Things We Planned, Blake Bailey stitches together a complicated family portrait reminiscent of his literary biographies of John Cheever, Richard Yates, and Charles Jackson. (READ MORE)
The Tragic, Absurd Tooth Fairy: A Q&A with Clifford Chase
Clifford Chase’s new memoir, The Tooth Fairy, is a collection of fragments that adds up to more than the sum of its parts -- and is unexpectedly moving.(READ MORE)
Glitter and Glue and the Gentle Genius of Kelly Corrigan’s Writing
In Kelly Corrigan's Glitter and Glue, readers are taken on a post-college journey to South Asia and Australia, then surprisingly settle down with an Australian family as Corrigan takes on the unlikely role of nanny for two motherless children. (READ MORE)
Jane Isay’s Secrets and Lies Meet Crime Writer Sara Paretsky at the Key West Literary Seminar
Jane Isay, author of the just published book Secrets and Lies: Surviving the Truths That Change Our Lives, lists crime novelist Sara Paretsky among her favorite writers. We caught up with Paretsky at the Key West Literary Seminar and asked her about the secrets and lies in her V.I. Warshawski detective...(READ MORE)
