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Nancy Mitford

by Selina Hastings

Nancy Mitford’s life was as glamorous and as dramatic as her most famous novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.

Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease, and an acute observer...


Diary

by Witold Gombrowicz & Lillian Vallee

Just before the outbreak of World War II, young Witold Gombrowicz left his home in Poland and set sail for South America. In 1953, still living as an expatriate in Argentina, he began his Diary with one of literature's...


The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1961-1963

by Gail Godwin & Rob Neufeld

Gail Godwin was twenty-four years old and working as a waitress in the North Carolina mountains when she wrote: “I want to be everybody who is great; I want to create everything that has ever been created.”...


Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe

by Philip Mcfarland

"So this is the little woman who wrote the book that made this big war!" Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said when he met the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation. Harriet...


Stephenie Meyer: In the Twilight

by James Blasingame, Kathleen Deakin & Laura A. Walsh

Stephenie Meyer: In the Twilight looks at the life and work of this author, beginning with her childhood and covering her teen years and life before stardom. This volume also profiles Meyer’s world since becoming...


The Bronte Myth

by Lucasta Miller

In a brilliant combination of biography, literary criticism, and history, The Bronté Myth shows how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronté became cultural icons whose ever-changing reputations reflected the obsessions...


A Journey into Steinbeck's California

by Susan Shillinglaw & Nancy Burnett

This part art book, part biography, and part travel guide offers insight into how landscapes and townscapes influenced John Steinbeck's creative process and how, in turn, his legacy has influenced modern California....


Strangers in Paradise: A Memoir of Provence

by Paul Christensen

Weaving a fascinating dialogue between the Old World as represented by Provence and the New World of the postmodern American university, this memoir describes in finely wrought detail a poet and critic of...


Harbingers of Books to Come: A Texan's Literary Life

by Dave Oliphant

The first major autobiography by a Texas poet, this noteworthy account traces the life and times of a poet, publisher, critic, and teacher from his childhood to the present day. This remarkable life is examined...


The 5th Inning

by E. Ethelbert Ethelbert Miller

This is a second memoir following Coming after Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer. In this story, Miller is returning to baseball, the game of his youth, in order to find the metaphor...


How to Write Your Own Life Story: The Classic Guide for the Nonprofessional Writer

by Lois Daniel

Writing the story of one’s life sounds like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. This warmhearted, encouraging guide helps readers record the events of their lives for family and friends. Excerpts...


When Tish Happens: The Unlikely Story of Canada's "Most Influential Literary Magazine"

by Frank Davey

Chronicling the birth of Tish, the University of British Columbia’s poetry newsletter, this history describes the ideologies and devotion of its contributing poets and editors and the publication that followed....


No End to Snowdrops: A Biography of Kathleen Raine

by Philippa Bernard

Exploring the life of Kathleen Raine, who played an important role in the literary history of 20th-century England, this authorized biography tells how she developed from a small girl who only wanted to be...


Nine Lives: Postwar Women Writers Making Their Mark

by Susan Sheridan

In the decades after World War II, the literary scene in Australia flourished: local writers garnered international renown and local publishers sought and produced more Australian books. The traditional view...


Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness

by Edward Butscher

This is the first full-length biography of Sylvia Plath, whose suicide in made her a misinterpreted cause celebre and catapulted her into the ranks of the major confessional voices of her generation.


Acid Christ: Ken Kesey, LSD and the Politics of Ecstasy

by Mark Christensen

From the literary wonder boy to the countercultural guru whose cross-country bus trip inspired The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, this candid biography chronicles the life and times of cultural icon Ken Kesey...


Speaking Volumes: Conversations with Remarkable Writers

by Ramona Koval

This updated collection shares the fascinating interviews with some of the most important writers of our times. With discussions on morality, the dangers of writing, and the drive for creativity, this account...


Brief Lives: Marquis de Sade

by David Carter

As explicit in his prose as he was in his private life, the Marquis de Sade remains one of the most controversial writers of all time. This new biography, by the acclaimed translator and author David Carter,...


Brief Lives: Wilkie Collins

by Melisa Klimaszewski

Author of the first detective novel in English, Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular authors in Victorian England. In this illuminating biography, Melisa Klimaszewski situates the writer within his own...


Brief Lives: Charlotte Bronte

by Jessica Cox

Charlotte Brontë is one of the world’s best-loved writers. Her extraordinary literary talent manifested itself at an early age when she penned a series of imaginative and entertaining tales. Before her untimely...