Mad Girl’s Love Song
A new biography of Sylvia Plath, a literary icon who continues to haunt, fascinate, and enthrall even …
American Isis – The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath
On the fiftieth anniversary of her death, a startling new vision of Plath—the first to draw from …
The publication of Edna O’Brien’s memoir is one of the major literary events of the season. Born …
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story – A Life of David Foster Wallace
The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace …
Anne Sexton – A Biography
Anne Sexton began writing poetry at the age of twenty-nine to keep from killing herself. She held …
Lives Like Loaded Guns – Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds
In 1882, Emily Dickinson’s brother, Austin, began an adulterous love affair with the accomplished and ravishing Mabel …
The Talented Miss Highsmith – The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith, one of the great writers of twentieth-century American fiction, had a life as darkly compelling …
Something Urgent I Have to Say to You
Herbert Leibowitz’s “Something Urgent I Have to Say to You” provides a new perspective on the life …
