A Life in Biography

By Carl Rollyson

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 ... more

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A Life in Biography episodes:

February 23, 2022 Another biography for Black History Month.
The Recovered Life of Isaac Anderson, a well composed biography by Alicia K. Jackson, published by University Press of Mississippi.
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8min
February 19, 2022 A conversation with James McGrath Morris, author of Tony Hillerman: A Life
A wide ranging talk about Hillerman and Morris’s other subjects and how they fit into his conception of biography.
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46min
February 17, 2022 A Biography of the Day for Black History Month
A biography of the first Black archeologist that tells us a good deal not only about Black history but about the enticements of biography.
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13min
February 12, 2022 An unusual group biography: The Psychologies of Political Exile: From Ovid to the Dalai Lama
A talk with prolific biographer and psychoanalyst, Jay Martin, about exile, displaced peoples, and why it should matter to you.
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49min
February 05, 2022 A conversation with Ralph Eubanks, author of A Place Like Mississippi
We range from speaking about the importance of place in memoir and biography to the real and imaginary landscapes of writers, and much more.
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41min
February 03, 2022 Don’t Be Afraid! We’re talking theory here.
A discussion with David Veltman and Kerstin Maria Pahl about their contributions to a new book about biography, Fear of Theory.
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44min
January 29, 2022 A lively talk with Steve Paul about Literary Alchemist: The Writing Life of Evan S Connell
From Kansas City to medieval alchemy and a lot in between, the life of Evan S. Connell and what it took for a biographer to cover the interstices of this important writer.
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58min
January 26, 2022 Biography of the Day, Part 3
Tune in to a special announcement at the beginning of this podcast.
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8min
January 22, 2022 Who is Assia Wevill? Why Does She Matter?
How one life can illuminate the lives of others.
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35min
January 19, 2022 The Biography of the Day, Part 2
What happens when Frederick Douglass and Andrew Johnson track one another in a Plutarchian biography of parallel lives in the throes of Reconstruction?
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10min

FAQs about A Life in Biography:

How many episodes does A Life in Biography have?

The podcast currently has 224 episodes available.