Words Often Applied to Biography
Authorized/Unauthorized; Gossipy/Salacious/; Plodding/Workmanlike/Revisionist
29 Aug 202015min
3 Questions You Should Never Ask About Biography
1. Is the subject worthy of a biography. 2. Is the subject too small? 3. Why another biography of?
22 Aug 202014min
Episode 19: Proposing a Biography
Why it is important to do a proposal? Why not just write the book? This podcast tells you why.
15 Aug 202018min
Episode 18: Biography, The Historical Present, and You
When does it make sense to use the present tense in a biography? Examples from the work of Noel Riley Fitch, William Faulkner, and yours truly.
8 Aug 202019min
Marilyn Monroe and the Idea of Biography
Biography is its own form of knowledge, a view that many readers and reviewers of biography are reluctant to acknowledge, or do not even consider.
1 Aug 202023min
Episode 16: My Listeners Respond
Listeners who want to know how to navigate the varied access to sources with different subjects, or how to present a new vision without new sources.
25 Jul 202023min
The Gaps and Bulges of Biography
What to do when not all parts of your biographical subject’s life are equal, when the first part of the life seems the most exciting, for example, or when interest only really builds in the last part of the subject’s life.
18 Jul 202015min
Episode 14: Who Deserves A Biography?
The answer to who deserves a biography is everyone, or anyone. It all depends on the materials you have, if the story moves you, and you know how to tell it.
11 Jul 20207min
