Tag: Biography & Autobiography

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Charlotte Mew: and Her Friends by Penelope Fitzgerald

Charlotte Mew: and Her Friends | Penelope Fitzgerald | Penelope Fitzgerald’s fascinating porttrait of Bloomsbury’s saddest poet. Charlotte Mew (1869–1928) was a poet with a formidable reputation who, as V

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Poetry

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends with a Selection of Her Poems (Radcliffe Biography Series) by Penelope Fitzgerald; Charlotte Mary Mew

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends with a Selection of Her Poems (Radcliffe Biography Series) | Penelope Fitzgerald; Charlotte Mary Mew | Penelope Fitzgerald’s fascinating porttrait of Bloomsbury’s saddest poet. Charlotte Mew (1869–1928) was a poet with a formidable reputation who, as V

Posted in Autobiography/Biography

Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes by Phillip Herring

Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes | Phillip Herring | Recalls the early family life, affairs with both men and women, alcoholism, and creative rage of the author of the satirical novel ‘Nightwood’

Posted in Legal Literary History Non-Fiction

The Trials of Radclyffe Hall by Diana Souhami

The Trials of Radclyffe Hall | Diana Souhami | Diana Souhami’s Lambda Award?winning biography is a fascinating look at one of the twentieth century’s most intriguing lesbian literary figures. Born

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Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Professor Lillian Faderman

Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir | Professor Lillian Faderman | The daughter of an unmarried immigrant Jewish garment worker whose family had perished in the Holocaust, Lillian Faderman dreamed of being an actress.

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Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir by Lillian Faderman

Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir | Lillian Faderman | This modern classic of LGBT writing includes an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, and a new afterword from