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Traces of Enayat
by Meg Nola
Iman Mersal’s biography explores the troubled, unfulfilled life of Egyptian writer Enayat al-Zayyat. In 1963, twenty-six-year-old Enayat al-Zayyat committed suicide using sleeping pills. Enayat had finished one novel and was working on...
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Exquisite Dreams
by Meg Nola
Amy Lyford’s interpretive biography "Exquisite Dreams" covers artist Dorothea Tanning’s life and remarkable range of work. Born in 1910, Tanning recalled her Galesburg, Illinois, childhood as being a “good one.” She later found a...
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The Witch of New York
by Meg Nola
A riveting true crime story from history, Alex Hortis’s "The Witch of New York" chronicles the misogynist frenzy surrounding a notorious murder trial. On Christmas in 1843, a gruesome discovery horrified the close-knit community of...
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Mothers of the Mind
by Meg Nola
Rachel Trethewey’s "Mothers of the Mind" is a studied, reflective analysis of the relationships between three literary icons and their mothers. Virginia Woolf’s mother, Julia, is presented as a woman of remarkable beauty who rejected...
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Chaim Weizmann
by Meg Nola
Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani’s "Chaim Weizmann" is an expansive and engrossing study of the Zionist leader and Israel’s “founding father.” Born in 1874, Weizmann grew up in Russian-controlled Poland. Within his family,...
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Nina Simone in Comics!
The talent-rich and turbulent life of a legendary American singer is profiled in the graphic biography "Nina Simone in Comics!" Born poor in North Carolina, Eunice Kathleen Waymon showed musical aptitude early on. She aspired to be a...
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Andy Warhol
The life and work of a classic modern artist is recounted in Andy Warhol: A Graphic Biography. After studying art, design, and commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Warhola Jr. moves from...