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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The podcast currently has 224 episodes available.

A Life in Biography episodes:

October 01, 2023 A new biography of Betty Friedan and why it matters.
Rachel Shteir takes us inside of making of her Jewish Lives biography of the author of The Feminine Mystique
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39min
September 27, 2023 An Emergency Podcast: What To Do When You Don’t Have Primary Sources
My response to an email asking me for help
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12min
September 24, 2023 A preview of coming attractions and of my work in progress on presidential biography
Forthcoming podcasts on new biographies of Betty Friedan, Warner Baxter, Alex Comfort, Eleanor Powell, Jack Ruby, T. S. Eliot and my working in progress on presidential biography
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10min
September 17, 2023 FDR Unmasked: What the Biographers Missed
My conversation with neurologist Steven Lomazow about his revelatory book about FDR and the impact of his health on biographies of Roosevelt
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46min
July 27, 2023 Fair Use Biography
Just remember: You are the one in charge of fair use. Don’t give your rights away.
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17min
July 16, 2023 Finding Ursula Parrott: One biographer’s quest.
My talk with Marsha Gordon about her sensational new biography of an important writer you probably have never heard of.
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40min
July 09, 2023 The Different Discourses of Biographers and Subjects
Knowing your subject may mean knowing his or her discourse, and the same can be said of reading biographies when considering the voices of biographer and subject.
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25min
July 02, 2023 The Way I Work
How I go about each day as a biographer, the sources I use, as I assemble my own archive and write my biography—in this case the one I’m working on now: Ronald Colman: Hollywood’s Gentleman Hero
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26min
June 25, 2023 What It Takes To Do Biography
Find out
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22min
June 10, 2023 Gabriella Kelly-Davies on writing biographies of scientists and doctors and much more
A wide ranging discussion of how to write about science and medicine in a biographical narrative, with some talk of other biographers including Kai Bird and Hermione Lee
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44min

FAQs about A Life in Biography:

How many episodes does A Life in Biography have?

The podcast currently has 224 episodes available.