What Does It Mean to Know a Biographical Subject
An intervention by the New York Times and the story of a club of unauthorized biographers
23 Apr 202335min
Round 5 of The Biographer and His Critic
I continue the debate with Samuel R. Delany, reading from our correspondence and talking about it. In this episode, Sontag has her say.
15 Apr 202334min
Round 4: The Biographer and His Critic
Samuel R. Delany continues to point out the error of my ways, and I respond with my own letters and commentary.
8 Apr 202342min
The Biographer and His Critic: Round 3
I continue to read and comment on my correspondence with Samuel R. Delany concerning the proper behavior of a biographer.
1 Apr 202349min
A Collector’s Item: A Dialogue About Biography
The correspondence of Carl Rollyson and Samuel R. Delany, a latter day version of Oscar’s Wilde’s The Critic as Artist, in the form reminiscent of a Platonic dialogue.
25 Mar 202329min
The Ethics of Biography and a Confession
The ethics of biography apply not only to the biographer but also to those who choose to cooperate with a biographer and those who do not.
18 Mar 202324min
Finding Jackie: A conversation with Oline Eaton about her new biography
Pay attention to the subtitle of Finding Jackie: A Life Reinvented. How Oline Eaton deals with the making and unmaking and making of a fascinating life.
11 Feb 202333min
Remembering a great friend & biographer with Mary Dearborn, Diana Jacobs, Sydney Stern, Amanda Vaill
We celebrate the late Marion Meade, novelist and biographer of Dorothy Parker, Buster Keaton, Woody Allen, and others by her fellow biographers and friends.
8 Feb 202348min
