Biography: Literary

A brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelleys The Last Man to the Manic Street Preachers Everyt...

A brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelleys The Last Man to the HBOs The Last of Us.'Will mak...

Jean Rhys is one of the most compelling writers of the twentieth century. Memories of her Caribbean girlhood haunt the four short and piercingly br...

Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intert...

Key to understanding Black British history The Sunday TimesSharp and still relevant Zadie SmithOne of the great poets of modern times, and a deep...

Looking beyond the novels and short stories of acclaimed South African writer Alex La Guma (19241985), Christopher Lee focuses on the nonfiction th...

The poet William Waring Cuney (1906-1976) hails from an illustrious Afro-Texan family whose members include the charismatic politician Norris Wrigh...

Published in 1990: This book tells the life story of Dante, the poet and his work.

Baldwins life and legacy as remembered by a pantheon of artists and writers: from Jamaica Kincaid and Barry Jenkins to Richard Avedon and Alice Nee...

Discover the inspirational coming-of-age memoir about modern poverty in Britain and the liberating power of education.'An astonishing tale, well st...

James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical and creative work on the life, writings...