LeliaJul 11, 20232 minBook Review: Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. ToklasI can’t say I enjoyed this book. Before reading it and after reading it, I had the impression of someone who’d co-opted her life...
LeliaJul 7, 20232 minBook Review: Tom Nolan's Ross Macdonald: A Biography“What the reader hopes most to see in a biography is the work of the intelligent scholar who also feels an affinity for his subject.” -...
LeliaMay 21, 20227 minGibbons, Gornick, Hardy, Bauby and Living Your Great StoryGreat Story Coaching* outlines the 3 ways we tend to narrate our lives to ourselves. The victim story (similar to Parul Sehgal’s “trauma...
LeliaApr 2, 20224 minMegan Marshall and the Art of BiographyAs a biographer Megan Marshall plays very close to the vest. She doles out her subject in single words or phrases, holds stories out of...