Their Malcolm X Biography, Our Problem
An incomplete new biography of the polarizing civil-rights leader
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Biography
John Lewis and the Power of Hope
‘His Truth is Marching On’ affirms the promise of peaceful activism over violence
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‘Ching Ling Foo: America’s First Chinese Superstar’
A magician more famous (and better-compensated) than Harry Houdini
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‘Jack Kirby: the Epic Life of the King of Comics’
Tom Scioli’s graphic novel gives the master his due
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‘You Never Forget Your First’: Rescuing George Washington From the “Thigh Men”
Alexis Coe and the rise of Hipster History
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The People’s Princess
‘Carrie Fisher: A Life On The Edge’
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The Jenny Slate
A Standup Special, a Memoir, and a Career Spiraling Upwards
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Look Away Down Gower Avenue
‘Nothing’s Bad Luck’: The Definitive Biography of Warren Zevon
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‘Becoming Dr. Seuss’
A New Biography of the Shakespeare of Kiddie Lit
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Robert Caro’s Factual Obsession
A New Memoir Reveals the Research Secrets of Our Greatest Political Biographer
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Appetite for Life
The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch
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Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia & York
The Reichmanns by Anthony Bianco
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