biography
Robert Morgan has written a fascinating reconsideration of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.
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Even more impressive than the sheer amount of raw knowledge Bill Janovitz puts on display is the way he expertly elaborates on Leon Russell’s familiar resume highlights to create a full, three-dimensional portrait of a very complicated artist (and person).
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In Extremis is required reading not only for anyone interested in war, but for anyone interested in how an unusual woman makes her way in the world.
Read MoreThis book captures — beautifully — poet John Ashbery’s youth and dreams and struggles.
Read MoreMay this superb biography, The Invention of Angela Carter, spark more interest in this amazing writer, especially in the United States.
Read MoreIn this excellent biography, Robert Crawford succeeds admirably in detailing T.S. Eliot’s early intellectual development.
Read MoreAndrew Roberts has succeeded in a single volume in reconciling the two faces of this historical colossus.
Read MoreThose cynical about the album’s extravagant promotional campaign will be glad to hear that Jay-Z’s latest studio effort is very hit-or-miss.
Read MoreThere is a steadiness about Nicholas Roe’s writing that is deceptive; the life in the Life does not jump off the page, but it accumulates during the reading so that something of what it felt like to be around John Keats remains, as things do when truly experienced.
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