CARL ROLLYSON
Mr. Rollyson is the author of The Life of William Faulkner and The Last Days of…
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Once Upon a Time in the Life of a Great Editor, Judith Jones
After discovering ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,’ she launched into a career as the editor not only of many literary giants but of celebrated cookbooks and projects that catered to and created contemporary taste.
The Multitudinous Sylvia Plath Inspires Multiple New Books
Even so, the comprehensive intellectual biography of Plath has yet to be written; when it does it will have to reckon with her copious annotations of what she read.
Another Cad Uncovered: Excruciating Biography Outlines T.S. Eliot’s Breach of Promise to Emily Hale
Because Eliot destroyed Hale’s letters, biographer Sara Fitzgerald is sometimes at a loss as to exactly what Hale felt about a man who had assured her of so much and then delivered so little.
Ralph Waldo Emerson for Everyone
James Marcus has written a companionable biography, meaning he always seems right next to the reader, explaining his approach as he goes along and places himself in relation to his subject.
Behind Many Powerful Men, One Will Find the Work of Ayn Rand — Even to This Day
One of the best features of Alexandra Popoff’s short biography of the writer is that she never quite leaves Rand’s Russian Jewish background behind — as is befitting a book in Yale’s ‘Jewish Lives’ series.
John Quincy Adams: The Pivotal President
Virtually from birth, JQA was schooled by his father into believing it was his destiny to become a public man and assume the highest office of the nation — one his father had occupied before him.
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