Non-Fiction
A New Look at Anne Frank
Two comic book veterans—who authored the graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Report—train their talents on the young diarist
January 25, 2011 |
By Jamie Katz
The Trouble With Autobiography
Novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux examines other authors' autobiographies to prove why this piece will suffice for his
January 2011 |
By Paul Theroux
Five Fake Memoirs That Fooled the Literary World
Fiction was stranger than truth in these examples of authentic autobiographies that were anything but that
December 20, 2010 |
By Lyn Garrity
Doctor Feelgood
Stricken by "vile melancholy," the 18th-century critic and raconteur Samuel Johnson pioneered a modern therapy
January 2007 |
By John Geirland
World's Unlikeliest Bestseller
Fifty years ago a brewer's bet spawned a compelling compendium of feats, stunts and trivia
August 2005 |
By Bruce Watson
Plutarch's Exemplary Lives
An ancient Greek wrote the book on biography then and now
July 2004 |
By Lance Morrow
