A Life in Biography

A Life in Biography

Talks and interviews about the life of biography as experienced by a biographer over forty years and fourteen biographies, dealing with subjects ranging from Sylvia Plath to William Faulkner, Marilyn Monroe to Susan Sontag, and much more.

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The tables are turned: Author and publisher Karen Christensen interviews me!

The tables are turned: Author and publisher Karen Christensen interviews me!

Some penetrating questions and comments on my practice as a biography in an interview with Karen Christensen

1 Helmi 202357min

Dealing with sources, people and archive, the good,, the bad, and the ugly, with Doug Munro

Dealing with sources, people and archive, the good,, the bad, and the ugly, with Doug Munro

My resident Pacific Islands historian/biographer, Doug Munro,, discusses the successes and failures with sources, in the archives and in person, and I respond with my own tales of horror and deliverance

29 Tammi 202347min

The History Wars! In Australia, but it happens here too. Biographers Beware

The History Wars! In Australia, but it happens here too. Biographers Beware

Part 2 of a conversation with Pacific Islands historian/biographer, Doug Munro, about the cross overs between history and biography, and on the polarization in Australia and here.

22 Tammi 202346min

A new biography of William Faulkner’s great-grandfather, avatar and precursor

A new biography of William Faulkner’s great-grandfather, avatar and precursor

Historical archeologist Jack Elliott explains why we need a new biography of Faulkner’s great-grandfather. Listen to an authentic Mississippi voice!

14 Tammi 202341min

Doug Munro on Biography and History: Where They Meet and Deviate

Doug Munro on Biography and History: Where They Meet and Deviate

A conversation about why history was not enough for Doug Munro, and why he turned to biography, which is also quite not enough

8 Tammi 202341min

Choosing My Subjects: A Fireside Chat

Choosing My Subjects: A Fireside Chat

A year end podcast reflecting on the contingencies of biography.

31 Joulu 202229min

Two Mailer biographers discuss why he still matters, and why they write about him.

Two Mailer biographers discuss why he still matters, and why they write about him.

My conversation with J. Michael Lennon, Mailer biographer and interlocutor reflecting on a lifetime with his subject.

18 Joulu 202249min

Mahala Stripling on her biography of Richard Selzer, the doctor who made an art of medicine

Mahala Stripling on her biography of Richard Selzer, the doctor who made an art of medicine

Richard Selzer inspired the work of a generation of doctor/writers. Listen to how he did it, and how his biography is shaping up.

10 Joulu 202236min

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