Thanksgiving in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
A link to the biography of Edward Winslow to celebrate Thankgsiving.
Biography From the Bottom Up: Part Three
Biography From the Bottom Up, part three.
Biography From the Bottom Up: Part Two
Part two of Biography From the Bottom
Biography From the Bottom Up: Part One
Part one of three, Biography From the Bottom Up.
Lives Across the Pond: Happy Birthday Sir Jacob Epstein
The biography of Jacob Epstein.
Steel Drivin’ Man: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Steel Drivin’ Man.
The Elements of Murder: An Excerpt
A “safe” excerpt from The Elements of Murder by John Emsley.
A Few Questions For Robert Beisner
A Q and A with author Robert Beisner.
Lives Across The Pond: Benjamin West
A biography of Benjamin West.
Journalism Past and Present
Until the age of 50, Mencken was called “America’s Foremost Bachelor,” praised for being the patron saint of single men. When H. L. Mencken married Sara Powell Haardt in 1930, the press concluded that the author of “In Defense of Women” was probably in the most embarassing position of any fiancee in recent years. They were bent in trotting out the old quotes. How, reporters insisted with glee, will Mencken explain that he had once said “A man may be a fool and not know it –but not if he’s married.” Long before, he had defined love as “the delusion that one woman differs from another.” To these queries Mencken replied; “I formerly was not as wise as I am now….the wise man frequently revises his opinions. The fool, never.”
Mourning Sheldon Meyer
Oxford University Press mourns Sheldon Meyer.
Women in Literature: Gwendolyn Brooks
A profile of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Golfing Greats from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
History from the DNB for Ryder Cup weekend.
Constitution Day
OUP presents an excerpt from Richard Labunski’s James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights to celebrate Constitution Day.
Respects for Frederick G. Kilgour
Frederick G. Kilgour, author of The Evolution of the Book (Oxford University Press | 1998) passed away on Monday, July 31st at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Watchin’ the Bird
by Brian Priestley It was a strange experience, watching a recent television documentary on Charlie Parker and the music I immersed myself in for nearly two years. Originally, I hoped my book would be finished in time for the 50th anniversary last year of its subject’s premature death. Instead, the U.S. release of my Chasin’ […]