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Review – Silverstein and Me by Marv Gold: A Memoir of Cartoonist Shel Silverstein by a Lifelong Friend

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Literature Review – Travels with Charley: In Search of America, John Steinbeck and French Poodle on Road Trip

By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

Hard Not to Love Byron In Love: Edna O'Brien's Short Biography of Lord Byron Crackles With Energy

By: Douglas Nordfors

Travelogue, Biography, and The Writing Life: An Unconventional Study of D.H. Lawrence by Geoff Dyer

By: Natasha Rivett-Carnac

Marcel Proust in His Bedroom: Writing In Search of Lost Time

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor, by Edward Cooper

By: Dianha Simpson

Cheever Is the Same Old Life Story: John Cheever's Fiction, and not His Life, Deserves Attention

By: Douglas Nordfors

Book Review – Wodehouse: A Life: A Comprehensive Biography of One of England's Most Beloved Authors

By: Deirdre Swain

Picasso and Hemingway – 20th Century Innovators: Their Work and Their Personalities Loomed Large in Popular Culture

By: Fred Hasson

Marcel Proust and Food: Eating and Cooking In Search of Lost Time

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Raymond Chandler and his Long Embrace: Judith Freeman’s Biography Reveals a Man in Love but Never at Peace

By: Bryce Coleman

Review -- The Autobiography of Mark Twain: 1959 Edition, Edited by Charles Neider

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Joss Whedon – The Genius Behind Buffy Reviewed: Candace Havens Authors Biography About Modern Horror Writing Legend

By: Steve Williams

Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without A Country: Author's Final Book a Memoir of Musings

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Review of the Late David Foster Wallace's Collection of Essays

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Review: Jack Kerouac's American Journey: Paul Maher Jr.'s Study of The Real Life Odyssey of On The Road

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

A Brief Biography of Virginia Woolf (1882-1941): An Overview of the Life of the Modernist Writer

By: Jen Syrkiewicz

Nature's Engraver by Jenny Uglow: A Life of Thomas Bewick

By: Erin Britton

Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry: The Role Books Play in a Literary Life

By: Feature Writer Dale Van Every

Profile of Dale Chihuly: Glass Artist Installs Special Exhibit at Alma Mater

By: D. Yvette Wohn

Virginia Wolf's "To the Lighthouse": A Memoir that Disposes of the "Self"

By: Anne Wakefield

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: The Inner World of an Iconographic Artist

By: Leah Cave

Three Biographies of Women Artists: Diane Arbus, Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe

By: Catherine Owen

Byron: Life and Legend: A Review: Fiona McCarthy's biography of Lord Byron

By: Martyn Conterio

Schulz and Peanuts: David Michaelis's Biography of Cartoonist Charles Schulz

By: Joan Prefontaine

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