THE art of biography, we say — but at once go on to ask, Is biography an art? The question is foolish perhaps, and ungenerous certainly, considering the keen pleasure that biographers have given us.

Aaron Rodgers isn’t an easy man to get to know. The star NFL quarterback, who joined the New York Jets last year after 18 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, is famously careful about what he shares ...

Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," a biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and ...

Zachary Leader’s book on Richard Ellmann’s landmark work on James Joyce asks whether a biographer can be considered an artist. In 1927—just five years after the publication of Ulysses and five years ...

THE contemporary records of any actions and lives, partly through envy and ill-will, partly through favor and flattery, pervert and distort truth. - PLUTARCH THE Jazz Age — that fascinating, feverish, ...

A highly anticipated biography of Elon Musk offers a rare glimpse into the mind of the world’s richest man, including juicy details on his complex family dynamics and how he runs his multiple ...

From alarming questions about Elon Musk’s role in Ukraine’s war effort, to new details about his complicated personal life, there has been no shortage of bombshells from Walter Isaacson’s recently ...

The legend of the Earl of Baltimore is one that will always stand large in the annals of Baltimore professional sports. If you are old enough that you lived through it, you might have witnessed some ...

C.M. Lucca was a staff writer for the City Paper from 1982 to 1989, and a Pulitzer winner for her investigative reporting. Despite that, she’s now best known as the widow of the conceptual artist, ...