biography

We read Chekhov’s work to inhabit a state of clear-eyed compassion.

With both the highly anticipated arrival of Blake Bailey’s Philip Roth biography and what’s transpired since, it’s harder to know what to think—about either subject.

Graham Greene’s life is both more interesting and more nuanced than the New Yorker appears to believe.

A new biography of Tom Stoppard explores the charmed life of a generous, talented writer.