Biographies

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  • Machine dreams

    In an industry of clones, Steve Jobs put his smart, stylish, stubborn stamp on our computers.
    By Scott Rosenberg January 5, 1999

  • Size matters

    Twanging reality like his own personal 80-foot-long rubber band, Claes Oldenburg restored a child's-eye sense of wonder to a weary world.
    By Douglas Cruickshank December 22, 1998

  • Of mice, men and machines

    Doug Engelbart invented the mouse -- and much more. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system.
    By Andrew Leonard December 15, 1998

  • Voice of America

    Anna Deavere Smith: The shy priestess of performance art has made a career acting out the intimate confessions of others.
    By Carol Lloyd December 8, 1998

  • A man to match his mountain

    On top of the world: Don George profiles Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber, world explorer and Himalayan humanitarian extraordinaire.
    By Don George December 1, 1998

  • Pryor Knowledge

    Jill Nelson on the rage, vulnerability and painful honesty of Richard Pryor's comedy.
    By Jill Nelson November 25, 1998

  • His generation

    Pete Townshend didn't die before he got old -- he kept on living.
    By Stephanie Zacharek November 17, 1998

  • Top of the pops

    How Phil Spector invented teen lust and torment.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams November 10, 1998

  • The art of life

    Biographer Jay Parini on his favorite biographies, about such writers as James Joyce, Henry James, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Ralph Waldo Emerson
    By Jay Parini November 19, 1997

  • The Gospel according to Paul

    His authorized biography makes a convincing case that Paul McCartney, derided as a pretty-boy lightweight, stood equal with John Lennon in creating some of the most important and beloved music of the 20th century.
    By Mark Hertsgaard November 12, 1997

  • Media Circus: requiem for the pop princess

    From a child's note to a brother's anger to a friend's song, Diana's funeral was a pageant of feelings.
    By Joyce Millman September 8, 1997

  • Media Circus

    By Catherine Seipp September 5, 1997

  • Media Circus: the ethics of photojournalism

    Everybody's trashing the paparazzi. But for even legendary photojournalists, moral ambiguity comes with the territory.
    By Alexander Cockburn September 4, 1997

  • Robert Penn Warren

    Megan Harlan reviews the book "Robert Penn Warren: A Biography" by Joseph Blotner.
    By Megan Harlan March 18, 1997

  • Catcher Out of the Rye

    The return of J.D. Salinger, sort of.
    By Dwight Garner January 20, 1997

  • Mrs. Ike

    Katherine Whittemore reviews the biography "Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower" by Susan Eisenhower.
    By Katharine Whittemore December 3, 1996

  • Reflected Glory

    Kurt Jensen reviews "Reflected Glory", the unauthorized biography of Pamela Churchill Harriman by Sally Bedell Smith.
    By Kurt Jensen November 26, 1996

  • Last Gang In Town

    David Futrelle reviews "Last Gang In Town: The Story and the Myth of the Clash" by Marcus Gray.
    By David Futrelle September 20, 1996

  • The Inner Elvis

    Sara Kelly reviews Peter Whitmer's book "The Inner Elvis: A Psychological Biography of Elvis Aaron Presley".
    By Sara Kelly August 19, 1996
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