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New Books in Biography

Marshall Poe
William Sharman Crawford
Ulster Radicalism
Contemporary Palestinian Literature
Spanish Fashion
Catholic Emancipation
Great Irish Famine
Leadership
Palestine
Trauma
Philip IV
16th and 17th Century Court Tailoring
Mateo Aguado
Tenant League
Spinoza
Winthrop Bell
Intertextuality
Ibrahim Nasrallah
World War I
Fiorello La Guardia
New York City

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Recent Guests

D. J. Taylor
Master literary critic and novelist.
Pegasus Books
Episode: D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
Ashley Brown
Author of 'Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson' and an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Episode: Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Richard Wolin
Distinguished Professor of History, Political Science and Comparative Literature
CUNY Graduate Center
Episode: Richard Wolin, "Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology" (Yale UP, 2023)
Richard Bradford
Author of 'Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer'
Bloomsbury Caravelle
Episode: Richard Bradford, "Tough Guy: The Life of Norman Mailer" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
Cultural historian, theater critic, and teacher at Portland State University
Portland State University
Episode: Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, "Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
Douglas Morris
Author and criminal defense lawyer with a focus on legal history.
Federal Defenders of New York
Episode: Douglas Morris, "Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Marcus Willaschek
Professor of Philosophy at Goethe University in Frankfurt.
Goethe University
Episode: Marcus Willaschek, "Kant: A Revolution in Thinking" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Amy Bowers Cordalis
Author and member of the Yurok tribe
Little, Brown and Company
Episode: Amy Bowers Cordalis, "The Water Remembers: My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life" (Little Brown, 2024)
Howard French
Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and former foreign correspondent for The New York Times.
Columbia University
Episode: Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism’s High Tide: A Conversation with Howard W. French

Hosts

Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of the New Books Network, engaging in discussions on various scholarly topics
Benjamin Phillips
Host of New Books in Biography, exploring the narratives of impactful figures through scholarly discussions.

Reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars from 100 ratings
  • Competent interviewers

    The whole New Books Network needs to find brisk and engaging interviewers. I’ll skim the topics to look for interesting books, but I don’t listen anymore.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    dougtex
    United States2 years ago
  • May 2023 review

    Interesting stories; however, the interviewer is boring and many of the story tellers are also boring in their telling of these stories. His does this happen?

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Geoplanter
    United States3 years ago
  • Hard To Like

    The podcast’s concept is interesting, but the execution is hard to like. There are frequent audio challenges. In addition, many of the authors write much better than they speak.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Jim 2020
    United States6 years ago
  • ???

    The echo is too distracting. I think the host is great, but please invest in better equipment.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Foggy Star
    United States9 years ago
  • Arguably Best of the New Books Network

    A terrific host really makes these podcasts rise above even the already high standard of the New Books Network.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    K555566667778
    United States9 years ago

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Talking Points

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Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Q: How did her socioeconomic origins influence her career path in sports?
Gibson's transition from a poor background to success required navigating the complexities of race and class, which influenced her experiences in both tennis and golf.
Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Q: What led you to undertake a book about her life?
I found Althea Gibson's legacy intriguing due to her status as a trailblazer in tennis and golf, learning she was a two-sport athlete prompted me to explore her life.
D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
Q: How did Orwell react to the death of his wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy?
Orwell was deeply affected by her death, exhibiting signs of emotional turmoil in the following months.
D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
Q: What was the background to his nonfiction book, The Road to Wigan Pier?
It was published during the Great Depression when Orwell was observing the conditions affecting the working class in Northern England.
D. J. Taylor, "Orwell: The New Life" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
Q: How important was the Indian background for Orwell?
Taylor believes it was very important as it influenced Orwell's career choices and perspectives on social issues.

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