A Life in Biography

Carl Rollyson
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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 Monroe to Susan Sontag, and much more.

  1. 07/14/2024

    Emily. Van Duyne discusses her new, ground breaking book, Loving Sylvia Plath

    You think you know the Plath story? Ah, but who gets to tell it, and why do they do so, and how does someone like Ted Hughes commandeer the narrative?

    51 min

  2. 07/07/2024

    Ghostwriter, biographer, novelist, Shakespeare, Faulkner—we cover it all in Lawrence Wells’s work

    What happens when a writer is hired to do a biographical novel seeking to prove Shakespeare was not Shakespeare, and how years later, the project becomes two books of nonfiction and fiction

    34 min

  3. 06/30/2024

    Marcia Biederman on her fascinating book about abortion in 19th C. New England

    Marcia Biderman writes biography like a mystery story. There is much to learn from her.

    35 min

  4. 06/12/2024

    A few more words about branding.

    This won’t take long.

    12 min

  5. 06/09/2024

    Building Your Brand and Best Practices

    Advice you may not want to take.

    35 min

  6. 05/19/2024

    Robert Hamblin discusses his new book, a kind of biography of William Faulkner in verse

    An important Faulkner critic and biographer introduces us to new way of understanding Faulkner, his fiction, and his life

    40 min

  7. 05/13/2024

    I have reloaded the episode with Roger Lewis talking about his Taylor-Burton biography.

    A loading issue made me repost this exciting talk with Roger Lewis.

    38 min

  8. 05/05/2024

    A talk with Jared Stearns about his new biography of Marilyn Chambers and the world of hardcore

    How does a biographer deal with the world of pornography and so-called porn stars. Jared Stearns knows how in his biography, Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers.

    48 min
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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 Monroe to Susan Sontag, and much more.

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  • Creator
    Carl Rollyson
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    221
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Carl Rollyson