Essays by a writer of literary lives meditate on the obsessions and obstacles endemic to her trade.

that includes an interview of Art conducted by scholar Hillary Chute. The book receives the National Jewish Book Award for Best Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir. In response to the election of ...

Mr. Nadel wrote the biography with the artist’s participation, but not his final approval. As such, the author recounts, with impressive clarity, the complicated web of Mr. Crumb’s life: among its ...