A review of New Biographies
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- Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time by Hilary Spurling.
- Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery.
- D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose.
- Figuring by Maria Popova.
- Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. by David W. Blight.
- In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum.
- Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jane Sherron de Hart.
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell.
- The World’s Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America’s First Black Sports Hero. By Michael Kranish.