A Wilkes University professor is holding an event for his new book, “Norman Mailer: A Double Life,” at Wilkes at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Henry Student Center. Dr. J. Michael Lennon recently released his ...

In 1997, near the end of the long-running television comedy “Seinfeld,” Larry Charles said that when he and the other writers would sit down to produce a script, it was like “writing the Talmud — a ...

Medill Prof. Peter Slevin spent more than seven years writing what is described as the first comprehensive biography on Michelle Obama. “Michelle Obama: A Life” details the life of the First Lady and ...

A professor at the University of Connecticut has been selected to write a critical biography of novelist Philip Roth. Ross Miller, a professor of English and comparative literature, has been granted ...

Auburn history professor James Hansen's book might finally become a movie. In 2005, Simon and Schuster published his biography of a certain famous astronaut titled "First Man: The Life of Neil A.

BATAVIA — William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the Civil War’s more controversial generals. “What a complex guy this is. This is a guy you love and hate by turns,” said Derek Maxfield, an associate ...

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