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 Feb 202357min
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 Jan 202347min
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 Jan 202346min
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 Jan 202341min
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 Jan 202341min
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 Des 202249min
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 Des 202236min
