For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Filter by: Keyword search: Category: Leon Levy Center for Biography Sort by: Date, Ascending Date, Descending Title, A-Z Title, Z-A Previous 12345678910... Next Eleanor Randolph on Michael Bloomberg: In Conversation with Sam Roberts 09/17/2019 06:30 PM Eleanor Randolph’s new book, The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg, offers a revealing portrait of the business innovator, philanthropist, and former New York City mayor. She joins in a discussion... Read more Kai Bird moderates panel at National Book Festival 08/31/2019 11:00 AM Changemakers Panel: Andrea Barnet (Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters Changed Our World) David W. Blight (Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom) and... Read more Brenda Wineapple on Andrew Johnson's impeachment, with Eric Foner 06/03/2019 06:30 PM Brenda Wineapple on The Impeachers: the Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation, in conversation with historian Eric Foner. Professor Wineapple is on the faculty of the CUNY... Read more Danny Goldberg on Kurt Cobain, with Eric Alterman 05/28/2019 06:30 PM Danny Goldberg on his biography of Kurt Cobain, Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, in conversation with Eric Alterman Read more Annual Conference of the Biographer's International Organization 05/17/2019 05:00 PM Biographers International Organization (BIO)—the literary organization that promotes the art and craft of biography—will hold its tenth annual Biographers International Conference May 17-19 in New... Read more Colin Asher on Nelson Algren, with Russell Banks 05/08/2019 06:30 PM Former Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellow Colin Asher on Never a Lovely So Real: the Life and Work of Nelson Algren, in conversation with acclaimed novelist Russell Banks and editor Dan Simon Read more Patrick McGilligan on Mel Brooks 05/07/2019 06:30 PM Patrick McGilligan discusses his biography of Mel Brooks, Funny Man, with Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards Read more Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom David Blight in Conversation with James Oakes 04/15/2019 06:30 PM Two leading historians of the Civil War era, David Blight (Yale) and James Oakes (The Graduate Center), discuss Blight’s acclaimed book Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Read more Remembering Roth 04/03/2019 06:30 PM To celebrate the publication of James Atlas’ book Remembering Roth as an Audible Original, the author will be joined by four of Roth’s keenest appreciators: David Redneck, Blake Bailey, Claudia... Read more Silvana Paternostro on Solitude & Co: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: a Life, with Cristobal Pera 03/18/2019 06:30 PM Silvana Paternostro on Solitude & Company: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez Told with Help from His Friends, Family, Fans... in conversation with Cristobal Pera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's editor... Read more