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Genet is the pen name for Janet Flanner, a woman who fled her home in Indianapolis at 30 to live with her girlfriend in Paris in the 1920s. We will do this, of course, by means of a variety of lists. Completely incomplete. This is among the best biographies of Emerson, who became the benchmark for American intellectualism, but whom John Dewey called “the poet of ordinary days.” Especially poignant is Emerson’s reaction to the death of his son. This biography maps the development of this mind beginning with the death of Dick’s infant twin sister. Her telling, and poetry, should be the last word. Himes was arrested for armed robbery and spent almost ten years in prison, but while in prison his articles were featured in publications like Esquire. Their Eyes Were Watching God was the best book I read from that list. I hope this is true. But recently I picked up Jane Eyre for a reread and I thought, God, Rochester is an ass. Our most popular products based on sales. Fisher wrote extensively about her own life in memoirs like The Gastronomical Me and How to Cook a Wolf, in which she writes about food and its relationship with life and love. Suggestions? From RBG to Gloria Steinem to Maya Angelou, these stories about women who stood up, spoke out, struggled through, and soared will inspire. How to write about an author who so beautifully spun his own life into fiction? But like most of us, artists and writers lived lives rife with nuance, and through even-handed, well-researched biographies, readers can take a peek into the minds that have created some of the stories we love. She bumped shoulders with Gertrude Stein, Man Ray, and Marcel Duchamp—to name a few. Find the top 100 most popular items in Amazon Books Best Sellers. Li Bai was a Chinese poet who lived a long, long time ago, but whose work and legacy is still greatly revered today in China. This is the most recent biography of Frederick Douglass. 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Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography, Deirdre Bair, Bair is one of my favorite biographers, and along with her work on Beckett, this definitive biography of Simone de Beauvoir is a classic. Love affairs, a death by guillotine, the Napoleonic wars: Tomalin’s biography puts to bed the myth of Austen’s life as dull and uneventful. Your life can’t be all rainbows and unicorns if you’re writing stories like The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle. All Votes Add Books To This List. A vibrant city, full of vibrant people. Below I’ve listed 50 of the best biographies out there. You will find a mix of subjects, including important figures in literature, science, politics, history, art, and more. What was it like to be married to the author of Lolita? It’s an engaging entry point into a (highly debated) tumultuous life.

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