| 单词 | autobiographical |
| 例句 | American autobiographical literature is filled with numerous accounts of remarkable men who pulled themselves to the summit by their bootstraps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after I published my first autobiographical essay seven years ago, my mother wrote me a letter pleading with me never again to write about our family life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When I wrote my first autobiographical essay, it was no coincidence that, from the first page, I expected to publish what I wrote. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The version Gheorghiu has slithered into this time is dangerously décolleté, which gives the efforts of Puccini's menopausal heroine to fascinate her much younger boyfriend a certain autobiographical pathos. La princesse jaune/La colombe; La rondine – review 2013-07-13T23:05:23Z Some autobiographical solo shows are a pity party. 'Safe at Home: An Evening With Orson Bean' is a local treasure waiting for you to discover it 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Speaking of “Remembrance of Things Past,” de Man tells his students that Proust’s novel is “meant to be autobiographical, it is impossible to tell what is fact and what is fiction.” ‘The Double Life of Liliane’ review: A novel that blends fact and fiction 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Nash, who's also known for his erstwhile podcast "Guys With Feelings," plays a loosely autobiographical version of himself. Fun 'Jason Nash Is Married' explores love and showbiz 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Taïa adapted the screenplay from his autobiographical novel of the same name. In ‘Salvation Army,’ Growing Up Gay in Morocco 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Jackson’s work is a model of autobiographical writing that demonstrates how reportage and critical attention to the complexities of black life — its intersectional textures — can be the source material for an inimitable memoir. A Memoir of Black Life in the ‘Other America’ 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The story of how Ray Davies found fame may be familiar, not least because of the singer's own autobiographical chat-and-music shows, but it's still well worth revisiting. TV highlights 21 December 2010-12-20T00:35:01Z Whether the play’s intensely autobiographical self-focus will come off as liberating or oversharing depends, in part, on how open you are to the meanings of those connections. Review: Eve Ensler Goes Deep ‘In the Body of the World’ 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z This.” — once more, a blend of autobiographical stories and songs — at the Vineyard Theater in March and April 2012, the Off Broadway theater company announced on Thursday. ArtsBeat Blog: '[title of show]' Team Will Return to Vineyard With Newest Show 2011-09-08T16:40:20Z Thompson's first attempt at writing a novel was "Prince Jellyfish," more a series of autobiographical tales than true fiction. 9 books Hunter S. Thompson never published 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z So when I say nothing is autobiographical, I mean I've never written about the interior me, but it must be all over the poems. David Harsent: A life in writing 2011-02-21T08:00:00Z I am both envious and in awe of Twain’s ability and range to incorporate humor, adventure, fantasy, autobiographical details, science and social commentary into his body of work — oftentimes even within the same sentence. James Rollins: By the Book 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Please note, however, that I disclaim any autobiographical elements in “The Rise and Rise of Annie Clark.” John L’Heureux on the Mystery of Grace 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Largely absent from “Known and Strange Things” is traditionally autobiographical writing; personal details are scant in Cole’s essays, as are mentions of his parents, wife and family. Teju Cole on knowns, unknowns and 'Known and Strange Things' 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z At last, we sit to talk about “Chantrapas,” his autobiographical fantasy. Recounting a Life of Disobedience 2010-05-21T11:30:00Z "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" is an autobiographical monologue performed by Tyson in which he reflects upon his tough childhood in Brooklyn, the absence of his father and his self-described "reckless and destructive" behavior. Former boxing champ Mike Tyson to take one-man show on the road 2012-11-28T19:13:09Z Singing “The Portrait,” a sad autobiographical song about her mother, Ms. McBroom regressed into a little girl, extending her arms to the audience as she pleaded “Mama,” her face contorted in panic. Music Review: Amanda McBroom at the Metropolitan Room - Review 2011-10-27T00:09:36Z Do readers often assume your work is autobiographical? When Covid struck the Wolitzers, Meg and Hilma bonded by creating a book. Let them tell you about it. 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “My works come from a personal perspective. As a mother, they can be autobiographical, but they can also be more abstract.” This Thai Artist Marries the Sacred and the Sensual 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Now Flory-Barnes hits On the Boards with his autobiographical, music and story-driven show, featuring a full orchestra and local performers from The True Loves to Seattle Girls Choir. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for March 2018 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z In 1993 he told The Washington Post that the harrowing stories in “Jesus’ Son” were largely autobiographical. Denis Johnson posthumously awarded Prize for American Fiction 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Often, when you watch these kinds of autobiographical coming-of-age movies, the moms get short shrift. Meet the Newer, Bolder Michelle Williams 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z “This year abroad would set my life on a new trajectory,” he wrote later in a 100-plus-page work of autobiographical writing, titled “Yuppie Love.” My brother’s life, unraveled 2013-03-12T11:45:00Z Ruben Santiago-Hudson embodies all of the characters in the Broadway debut of his autobiographical memory play about a 1950s boardinghouse in upstate New York and the woman who raised him there. Broadway Is Back! A Guide to Shows, Tickets and Covid Protocols. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z The problem is that, in another sense, my fiction is extremely autobiographical, and, moreover, that I consider it my job as a writer to make it ever more so. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z This autobiographical début novel by the incarcerated Iraq War veteran turned bank robber Nico Walker is an uneasy, unforgettable mix of doomed and dazzling. More Books We Loved in 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The "directly autobiographical" Quigleys stories follow the everyday adventures of a very normal, slightly hapless family. Simon Mason: Seriously funny 2011-07-29T14:30:42Z Though not entirely autobiographical, “Falling” is informed by Mortensen’s memories of caring for several family members stricken by dementia. ‘Falling’ Review: Father and Son Reunion 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Louis CK is a comedian whose work is highly autobiographical, though not literally so. The genius of Louis CK can fit in your pocket now 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z A last collection by Ms. Kumin, “And Short the Season,” is to be published this spring, as is “Lizzie!,” a partly autobiographical novel for young adults about a girl coping with a spinal-cord injury. Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 88 2014-02-07T20:50:12Z This is a great-looking movie with a sure sense of time and place; it is obviously a personal, and in fact, autobiographical work about Assayas's own youth. Something in the Air (Après Mai) – review 2013-05-23T14:38:00Z We need to be able to recall our own autobiographical past and locate our selves with reference to other thinking selves, to have a theory of mind. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C Dennett – review 2013-05-15T06:00:03Z On Saturday I added an in-your-face autobiographical memoir about a wheelchair and a multimedia memory play produced, in part, by an academic think tank. The (Virtual) Theatrical Fringe Moves Front and Center 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Over time she shifted some of that raw emotion into her autobiographical songs. Americana cavalcade ? Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss 2011-06-29T23:36:04Z Mike Birbiglia’s latest sold-out show, “The New One,” is an 80-minute autobiographical monologue that tackles his indecision about becoming a father. Scared to Be a Parent? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Stritch finally got her Tony at age 77, in 2002, for the autobiographical one-woman show “At Liberty,” which triumphantly cemented her public image as “Broadway’s enduring dame”: brazen, boozy and blunt. Review | Elaine Stritch biography takes a gossipy, once-over-lightly approach 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z That novel is a series of ragged, recursive conversations between a mother and the ghost of her dead son — shockingly autobiographical for a writer so famously leery of self-disclosure. In Yiyun Li’s Latest, a Grieving Mother Desperately Clings to Memory 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Some might say that’s a playwright’s job description — one that Miller himself followed in autobiographical works like “After the Fall,” about his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Review: Putting Arthur Miller on Trial in ‘Fall’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z When I wrote my first book, The Tennis Party, my overriding concern was that I didn't write the autobiographical first novel. Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent ? and also ditzy and klutzy' 2012-02-12T20:00:11Z The plan in Auckland was to write a novel, the autobiographical tale of a young Southern man who moves to New York City. Julian Robertson's Empire Down Under 2012-10-22T13:30:26Z How are you?” — calling from Hollywood,” Mr. Berkson wrote, referring to the movie columnist, in an autobiographical essay for the reference work Contemporary Authors. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But if there’s an autobiographical impulse behind his new novel, “Purity,” which will be released Sept. 1, it’s subsumed by the story’s globe-spanning scope. With ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen tackles the Web, mothers, the truth 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z My parents were not of an autobiographical cast of mind — in the world that you and I inhabit, it’s very important to self-narrate so that others can know you. How Covid Got Gish Jen Thinking About China 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Not every bit of autobiographical detail was surfaced so directly. Richard Linklater’s career has all been leading up to his ‘Boyhood’ masterpiece Beckett's autobiographical novel may be seen as a study of obsessional neurosis; it also emerges, in this adaptation, as explosively funny. Dublin theatre festival takes the recession seriously 2010-10-11T15:44:00Z Ms. Beard, the author of the 1998 autobiographical essay collection “The Boys of My Youth,” has a knack for melding the funny and the sad, amplifying small moments into something big. Newly Released Books 2011-04-20T22:05:44Z "The film is really an abstraction, really only a very minor part of it is autobiographical," he said during a recent phone call from Paris. 'Jealousy' a Garrel family endeavor to create art from loss 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z The ideas of "Metals" are a little bit sparser than in Feist's previous works — less blatantly autobiographical, more simply poetic, and filled with more forward-looking sentiments, which is new for her. It's about time for Feist 2011-11-11T02:35:42Z It was likely the first openly autobiographical commercial feature, and as such caused Truffaut’s parents considerable distress. ‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Louis’s second autobiographical novel, “History of Violence,” which is being released in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on Tuesday, goes further in its condemnation of institutional discrimination. For the French Author Édouard Louis, His Books Are His Weapon 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z “All my early work was autobiographical,” Clark said. Larry Clark turns life into art for photo exhibit at new United Talent Agency gallery 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Until I met her, I had no idea just how autobiographical the plays were. Back to Bradford: Andrea Dunbar remembered on film 2010-04-12T20:35:00Z Mr. Wainwright’s original songs over four decades amount to an autobiographical family history and its genial and witty surface camouflages an absurdist vision in which everything comes to naught. Review: Loudon Wainwright III Offers Tart Folk-Song Sentiments at Appel Room 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Lively describes the frustrations of autobiographical memory in old age. What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The singer has recently hit the highway in spates of small acoustic performances, when she offered stripped-down takes on that record’s bracing, autobiographical accounts of gender reassessment. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for June 12-18 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Feiffer mused on Friday that “A Hot Property” was not autobiographical. Judy Feiffer, Who Helped Develop Two Top Memoirs, Dies at 87 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Joanna Hogg has delivered a followup to her hugely admired autobiographical film about a young woman who wants to be a film-maker and falls into a destructive relationship. War epics, airmen and young Sopranos: essential films for 2020 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z The show includes pieces from “14 Stations at the Crossroads,” a cryptically autobiographical series of photos and paintings. Review | In the galleries: An intimate panorama of video art’s variety and breadth 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z "I'm one of the few film-makers who will admit to autobiographical impulses," he says. Before Midnight: Richard Linklater's search for a happy ending 2013-06-13T17:59:01Z It’s not such a stretch to make the same argument for the fecundity of Irving’s imagination, despite the sometimes conspicuously autobiographical elements in his fiction and the persistent echoes among his novels. John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’: One writer’s beginnings 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z His most recent film with Almodóvar, Pain and Glory – a loosely autobiographical work in which he played a film director stricken with ennui – won much acclaim and an Oscar nomination for Banderas. Antonio Banderas reveals he has coronavirus on 60th birthday 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z In 2008, Goldberg told USA Today that "Family Ties" was "totally autobiographical in concept" for him. 'Family Ties' creator Gary David Goldberg dies at age 68 2013-06-25T00:33:28Z Maggie’s desire for that house on the hill—is it autobiographical? Fannie Flagg's Birmingham 2010-10-27T21:31:00Z And his first two autobiographical novels were attentively analyzed in Places That Matter. Review | Ben Lerner’s brilliant new novel, ‘The Topeka School,’ captures America’s brutal divisions 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z His appearance in the loosely autobiographical, internment-era musical "Allegiance," which premiered in 2012 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, is also warmly captured. 'To Be Takei' a lively tribute to 'Star Trek's' George Takei 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z One of them, Bernie, is unusual in that it is not autobiographical – and it has a plot. Richard Linklater: ‘someone’s living back there, and he’s murdered somebody’ 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z However, that isn’t to say that Young Rock – or any of the other autobiographical celebrity childhood sitcoms – will be bad. How celebrity childhood sitcoms are taking over TV 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Tastes have changed since Neil Simon ruled the Broadway roost, but he really did write wonderful comedies, and his autobiographical “Broadway Bound” still holds up. Neil Simon still says laugh! in the play ‘Broadway Bound’ 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z So, yeah, I’d say it was autobiographically themed but not autobiographical in the story itself. Comic Mike Birbiglia: You might recognize him from the Best Western in Tysons 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z They are often believed to be heavily autobiographical, but of course may not be. The allure of the first novel 2013-01-12T08:30:01Z And generally it will be slightly autobiographical, with personal anecdotes about style. On the Runway Blog: Susie Bubble Thinks Pink 2012-10-15T21:58:21Z Ament also has his own new music, confronting the isolation of the pandemic to record his “most autobiographical” record yet, “ I Should Be Outside.” Q&A: Jeff Ament feels alive again with Pearl Jam’s return 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Her harrowing autobiographical portrayals of domestic violence and alcoholism shattered the silence on taboo subjects. Making Art on Top of the World 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Allen all but admits this in one vaguely autobiographical scene when his character, Sidney Munsinger, is delivering an epically awful pitch to a TV network. Woody Allen’s “Crisis” debacle: When the filmmaker said Amazon would regret this deal, he wasn’t joking 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “The myth is part of the play, but really it’s an autobiographical deep dive into a young woman’s psyche.” Aucoin’s ‘Eurydice,’ modern retelling of myth, opens at Met 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Although he'd tried initially to write a memoir, he abandoned the attempt when he discovered that his autobiographical voice was "awful: judgmental and pompous". A life in writing: Gerard Woodward 2012-11-23T22:55:10Z Along with running the Strand Theater in Baltimore, Ms. Pryor, 43, performs stand-up and stars in an autobiographical solo show, “Fried Chicken and Latkes,” which returned to New York on Saturday. For Rain Pryor and Kelly Carlin, Comedy Is a Family Business 2012-07-20T12:00:00Z “Black Moses” is less autobiographical than some of Mr. Mabanckou’s previous books. An African Novelist Poised for Recognition in the U.S. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of emphasis on the autobiographical in fiction at the moment. Emma Donoghue: ‘I’ve ended up having a family and being a lesbian.' 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z All of his work is personal, even autobiographical, wrestling with ideas about indigenous identity, family, politics and pain. Sherman Alexie on his new memoir, his mother and politics as usual 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The book, heavy with autobiographical elements and frank about sex, was such a hit that it was published in the United States by Trident the next year. Stephen Vizinczey, ‘In Praise of Older Women’ Author, Dies at 88 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z So to reconstruct her life, he interviewed 80 people, including friends, former classmates and neighbors, and parsed her novel for autobiographical clues. Harper Lee Biographer Charles Shields on His Latest Edition 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Although she dived into the autobiographical in previous collections, most successfully in the heartbreaking “A Map to the Next World,” here her “I” is often distant, present only as a vehicle of witness. Joy Harjo, the Poet of American Memory 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z A fair amount of the menu is autobiographical, like the restaurant. Farm-to-Table in the Shadow of Downtown Detroit 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Things have moved fast this year for Schreck’s autobiographical civics project. ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ is coming to the Kennedy Center, with its star 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Nyqvist made his debut as an author in 2010 with an autobiographical memoir "Just After Dreaming," which detailed his quest to find his biological parents three decades after he was adopted as a baby. Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist dies after lung cancer battle 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Michelle Obama's autobiographical book traces her career as a lawyer, mayoral assistant, and eventually First Lady to argue about the importance of public service and the ability of people from all backgrounds to achieve success. Conservatives and liberals are split over Michelle Obama's Grammy win 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z As I have written elsewhere, there is a sexist double standard that prohibits women from identifying as artists, and instead minimizes and marginalizes their creativity as autobiography, autobiographical musings and diary doodles. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z The book Slate did write, which Little, Brown will release on Nov. 5, is more autobiographical than sociological or critical, but it doesn’t quite fall into the category of personal essays. Jenny Slate Wrote a Book-Shaped Thing. What Is It? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z There was no hint of the view, often posited elsewhere, that the rawness of Winehouse's work, its searing autobiographical edge, played a part in her undoing. TV review: Arena: Amy Winehouse – The Day She Came to Dingle; Care Home Kids – Looking for Love; Ruby Wax's Mad Confessions 2012-07-23T22:00:01Z "And really," says Crosby, "the best person to do an autobiographical show is yourself." From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z A kind of love letter, in fiction, unashamedly autobiographical. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The Latina Christmas Special Three comics share autobiographical tales of holidays past. L.A theater openings, Nov. 30-Dec. 7: 'Northanger Abbey' and more 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z I do think that my autobiographical comics are related to the acting and performing my parents were interested in. Alison Bechdel on Fun Home, Her New Book and That Famous Test 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z "What is most autobiographical is the collection of fears in the book," he said. Italian swaps physics for writing and wins plaudits 2010-03-24T19:11:00Z The actor was in his agent’s office when he first read the script for Moonlight, a heavily autobiographical work by the playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney about a Miami schoolboy called Chiron, persecuted for being gay. Mahershala Ali: ‘I had to protect myself from people’s fear of me’ 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z The film, like the autobiographical book on which it is based, A Long Way Home, focuses on a true, inspiring story, he says. Saroo Brierley, the inspiration for the film Lion: 'The tears spoke for themselves' 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “Better Things” finds comedy in these mundane moments, making it at once universal in tone and intimately autobiographical. A comedy for grown women: “Better Things” nails the dance of modern female adulthood 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But the story is mostly true, he said, “emotionally autobiographical” in the way Springsteen’s songs are. Finding Salvation in Springsteen From a London Suburb 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The accident and its fallout are described in devastating detail – the account is, apparently, largely autobiographical. Wrecked by Charlotte Roche – review 2013-05-08T11:00:00Z Playing Jennifer Fox, who wrote and directed this bracing autobiographical tale of her own experience of childhood abuse and its ripple effects, Dern is sensational, angry and nuanced, a total force. Emmys 2018: our predictions - who will win and who should win 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z “All the Beauty” is a portrait of the photographer and activist Nan Goldin, whose work, like the evolving visual diary “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” is to an extent already autobiographical. Three Great Documentaries to Stream 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Not dissuaded by the flop of “Superbia,” Larson began working on a new musical — “Rent” — as well as another idea: an autobiographical “rock monologue” that chronicled his struggles writing “Superbia.” ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’: A Musical Based on a Musical About Writing a Musical. We Explain. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z De Beauvoir may be most closely associated with Jean-Paul Sartre, but this loosely autobiographical novel, written in 1954 and put aside for decades, suggests that her more significant relationship was with her childhood friend Zaza. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z You’ve described it as deeply personal but not autobiographical – what do you mean by that? Miranda July: 'There's so much anarchistic potential for self-invention right now' 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z From that kernel came his latest book, Grace and Mary, which he finished before she died – a strongly autobiographical novel. Melvyn Bragg 2013-05-11T06:30:13Z Connell once said that the novels, published a decade apart, were "semi" autobiographical. Acclaimed writer Evan S. Connell has died at 88 2013-01-10T20:49:19Z Pressed by Salmond on how far Sweet Tooth was about his own early literary life, McEwan said the novel, his 20th, had partly autobiographical elements. I am an English writer, not a British one, Ian McEwan tells Alex Salmond 2012-08-22T21:40:25Z That latter vision suits "Cancer: The Musical," an autobiographical, one-woman play written by and starring Montana von Fliss and currently running at The Little Theatre on Capitol Hill. Review: 'Cancer: The Musical' suffers from unappealing treatment of its subject 2010-06-10T20:54:00Z Several of the songs are autobiographical in nature and were mainly written between 2006-8, but never released. Gibb's final song to be released 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z What lingers most from this show are the monologues and testimonies, based on real-life autobiographical material, that speak volumes about the unique downside to law enforcement. 'Newyorkland' digs deep into the world of cops 2011-11-18T17:45:04Z Ashbery’s aversion to autobiographical revelation has often led critics to assume that his life story offers little help in understanding his challenging poetry. A Fascinating Deep Dive Into John Ashbery’s Early Years 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z He explored his troubled home life in the "purely autobiographical" play Lemon Sky, which was filmed in 1988 with Kevin Bacon in the lead role. Lanford Wilson obituary 2011-03-25T19:05:27Z The poems are rooted in her experience, but Shapcott said it was not an autobiographical account of her illness. Edmund de Waal leads Costa book awards finalists 2011-01-04T19:30:06Z They share a wry, elliptical voice like that of Rachel Cusk, whose work often springs from a similar autobiographical bent. Review | New stories from Lauren Groff, who wrote President Obama’s favorite novel in 2015 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Playing a role, as she usually does — very little of her work is directly autobiographical — she speaks directly to us, a very likely white art world audience, with the measured tone of a newscaster. Adrian Piper: The Thinking Canvas 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Instead, “The King of Staten Island” became his autobiographical outlet. Pete Davidson: ‘The King of Staten Island’ is 100% me 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The songs on “Gossamer” — which Mr. Angelakos has described as autobiographical — revolve around a romance besieged by the singer’s own cynicism, insecurity, obsessiveness, abusive behavior and heavy drinking. New Music: New Music by Passion Pit and Micachu & the Shapes 2012-07-23T22:18:24Z Del Toro, whose “The Shape of Water” won the Golden Lion in Venice last year, will sit in judgement on “Gravity” director Cuaron’s “Roma”, an autobiographical drama in 1970s Mexico City. Del Toro promises no favors for amigo Cuaron at Venice Film Festival 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z So he decided to use it; took a second job selling lightbulbs to fund an autobiographical short, Multi-Facial. Vin Diesel on Guardians of the Galaxy: 'I didn't realise how much I love trees' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The film , which Amazon Studios opens in theaters this weekend, is radically autobiographical for such a well-known movie star. LaBeouf thought he was finished, then he wrote ‘Honey Boy’ 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Was doing these oral histories a way to be autobiographical that isn’t so obvious? Bill T. Jones Is Making Room in Dance for More Than Dance 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z She spends her free time going to the local library and writing short stories — some of which she passes off as autobiographical — on Zeke’s computer. Books of The Times: She?s Making Friends in a New Place 2011-04-21T22:41:45Z “Tonio Kröger” is one of Mann’s most autobiographical works, and it contains valuable insights into the young author’s burgeoning thoughts about art and society. British Nuns, General Motors and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Her autobiographical one-woman show “Wishful Drinking” became a book and HBO special. Review | A new biography dishes about Carrie Fisher’s tumultuous, bittersweet life 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Clearly, there’s some autobiographical trim here: Carey was born and raised in this area, where his parents owned a GM dealership. Review | Peter Carey’s new novel is a strange ride through Australia’s racist past — and present 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z I, too, assume that much of the contemporary fiction I read is autobiographical. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z “Internal Structure of Stars” is Gowery’s maudlin autobiographical tale of abandonment at 11 by his tubercular parents. Review: A ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride’ with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Despite the fairytale insertions and Winterson's revisionist application of a "spiral narrative" to it, it's a straightforward and warm autobiographical novel. Famous for the wrong book 2011-07-19T10:16:27Z “The Rachel Papers” is autobiographical and among his most traditional in terms of its form. Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z “We were getting really tired of seeing Web content that was just purely autobiographical, slice-of-life, twentysomethings in Brooklyn or Silver Lake,” Early said. Kate Berlant and John Early’s Escape from Comic Realism 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The Customs Houseby Sir Andrew Motion It is Motion's first collection since he retired as poet laureate and is divided between accomplished performances about war and more autobiographical offerings. The Customs House by Andrew Motion – review 2012-11-25T00:05:29Z Were you ever nervous about how people would react to your autobiographical writing? 10 Questions for Carrie Fisher 2010-12-09T08:35:00Z Much of the autobiographical novel chronicles the pervading sense of loss. Up Close: A Profile of Austin Ratner — Up Close 2013-05-15T20:41:19Z “My plans included transferring to Columbia, but secretly I wanted to experience at first hand the steam-heated life of poetry and some other, seemingly connected fantasies of accelerated living,” he wrote in his autobiographical essay. Bill Berkson, Poet and Art Critic of ’60s Manhattan In-Crowd, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Movies about moviemaking are rarely as interesting as their makers think, but Julie’s process does illuminate the character and Hogg’s autobiographical intentions. ‘The Souvenir Part II’ Review: Life, as She Imagines It 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z He also acted in theatrical plays, as well as developed and staged his own autobiographical works throughout the '90s. The secret ingredient that elevated Leslie Jordan's family cornbread recipe 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z She uses incredibly personal autobiographical details in her work, yet she doesn’t seem to feel any need for perfect factual order or to worry about anyone’s feelings. Riff: How I Learned to Love Yoko Ono 2012-10-21T08:07:02Z Most are played by nonprofessionals who use their own names and introduce some autobiographical elements. ‘The We and the I’: A freewheeling bus ride on the last day of school 2013-03-21T20:29:33Z “In ‘Rich Relations,’ which was a big flop, by the way, the plot is sort of autobiographical, except I made all the characters white,” Hwang said. David Henry Hwang, the Man Who Can Make Bruce Lee Talk 2012-11-10T14:39:45Z Last year, the award went to Douglas Stuart for “Shuggie Bain,” his autobiographical debut novel about growing up in Scotland with an alcoholic mother. Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Promise’ 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z In the meantime, his new album "How To Become Clairvoyant" serves as a good appetizer for the memoir because it boasts a selection of heavily autobiographical tunes. Rocker Robbie Robertson set to write memoirs 2011-03-08T19:12:37Z Like Paul Robeson with “Ol’ Man River,” Horne made her signature song an autobiographical statement. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Rather than a reverential, autobiographical or dramatised depiction of his subject, Todd Haynes' I'm Not There offers a shimmering fantasy, as no less than six characters form a fiction-informed-by-reality homage to Bob Dylan. Readers' panel: what's the best music biopic? 2012-06-15T11:43:49Z It was such a problem for him, he writes, that his six-volume autobiographical series, My Struggle, was originally called The Dog. Karl Ove Knausgaard is wrong – writers should own dogs 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z He wrote “A Bronx Tale” in 1989 as an autobiographical one-man show in which he played 18 characters. Chazz Palminteri Is Singing. Sonny Would Tell You to Listen. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Such autobiographical memories — tied to specific places, times and emotions — are integral to our lives as humans. Canine episodic memory: Your dog remembers more about what you do than you think 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z I may be the first reviewer of Knausgaard’s autobiographical works who has appeared in one of them. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle: Book 4’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z His work, he said, often times is autobiographical. Solo Chicago show for artist Rashid Johnson 2012-04-16T17:10:17Z Of course, many writers use real events from their lives to produce a novel but, as Richard Yates said of his writing, "the emotions of fiction are autobiographical but the facts never are." The Great American Novelist tournament: the final 32 2012-07-23T15:19:53Z Yet Schreck succeeds in widening her autobiographical play into a paean for basic fairness: The American Constitution, admired as it is, fails to protect all of us from violence and discrimination. ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Review: Pursuits of Happiness 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Which is to say that this novel is also vaguely autobiographical and metafictional; it’s about a 33-year-old man who is writing a second novel. In Ben Lerner’s ‘10:04,’ New York Is a Character 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z What linked Ms. Previn to the flourishing singer-songwriter movement were her starkly autobiographical lyrics, in which she described mental instability, fears and fantasies, sometimes wittily and at other times with a blunt, almost scary directness. Dory Previn, as Portrayed by Kate Dimbleby 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Sharon and I have worked out that it’s about 49 percent autobiographical for both of us. The funniest man on Twitter moves to TV: Rob Delaney takes a dirty, messy, realistic look at parenting and marriage 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Slaughterhouse-Five also has an unconventional structure, with autobiographical elements and time travel, so may be well suited to Kaufman's style. Charlie Kaufman to adapt Kurt Vonnegut? 2013-07-09T12:42:16Z The iconic poet and activist, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, uses this autobiographical novel to recount his life story in a free association of flashes and arias, of high and low culture. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Barry’s magical skills as cartoonist, writer and storyteller are at their richest in the many more or less autobiographical tales told by a goofy, smart, economically underprivileged young girl named Marlys. Lynda Barry: ‘Everything: Part I’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Charnock's work was grounded in improvisation and frequently autobiographical, with a streak of black comedy. Dancer Charnock dies of cancer 2012-08-02T16:03:04Z The work in “Kuchu Clans of Buganda,” her second solo show at this gallery is astutely multicultural, deeply felt and even autobiographical. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Ibsen’s most mercilessly autobiographical play, “The Master Builder” is an unwieldy and compelling portrait of the artist in winter, howling at the prospect of his imminent decline. The Anger on London’s Stages Is Palpable, and Thrilling 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z He has merged these experiences in “Cry Havoc!” at the New Ohio Theater, a full-bore autobiographical solo with a meddling co-writer named William Shakespeare. Review: A Warrior, Leaning on Shakespeare, in ‘Cry Havoc!’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But “Frances Ha,” Mr. Baumbach’s least overtly autobiographical film as a director, is not primarily an act of generational portraiture, on his part or Ms. Gerwig’s. Movie Review: ‘Frances Ha,’ With Greta Gerwig 2013-05-16T21:27:33Z Although frequently autobiographical, the artist’s stalactite-like sculptures and other works speak to the global themes of disease, war, migration and loss. The Artist as Healer 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z For years, that was Bowie’s signature tune, assumed to be autobiographical and it probably was. Is there life after “Life on Mars?”: David Bowie’s death has made this ubiquitous song so painful to hear 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z A Rolling Stone article helped secure a book deal for “Eve’s Hollywood,” a collection of odes and aubades to Tinseltown that if published today might be categorized as autobiographical fiction. Review | A new look at Eve Babitz: Artist, provocateur and unlikely feminist icon 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Lily said she was enjoying reading the first of the “Little House on the Prairie” books, Wilder’s autobiographical series based on her pioneering girlhood on the very land where these girls were now playing. Journeys: Trading Tiaras for Calico on the Prairie 2011-08-05T18:30:00Z This autobiographical pop-surrealist picture includes the artist’s Mexican grandmother, his sister and the Ford Bronco logo, an emblem of the desert Southwest rendered in metallic silver. Review | In the galleries: ‘Misprints’ exhibition takes a purposeful approach 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Though he never said so, he prompted others to believe that this was his most autobiographical role: a portrait of the artist as a young god. Balanchine’s ‘Apollo’: On Gods, Ballet and the Creation of Poetic Art 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Other highlights of the company's third season include a month's residency in a miners' institute in the Rhondda village of Treorchy, with an autobiographical play by Rachel Tresize, who grew up there. National Theatre Wales to go gigging with Gruff Rhys 2013-01-24T08:00:04Z His first play, Estate Rules, took more than two years to write and was largely autobiographical. Arinze Kene: 'At home, I'm Nigerian. I go out and I'm a British kid' 2013-02-25T18:59:01Z Photograph: Franck Beloncle Tennessee Williams's 1977 play took a real pasting on its premiere, being dismissed as autobiographical self indulgence and like an undergraduate parody of his own earlier plays. This week's new theatre 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z "It's quite autobiographical," said Griffiths, who described the introduction as "beyond my wildest dreams". Stephen King joins William Golding centenary celebrations 2011-04-11T14:35:18Z “Songs of Innocence,” a title drawn from William Blake, refers to the autobiographical themes of the songs, described in Bono’s liner notes as a collection of “first journeys.” U2 Releases New Album for Free on Apple's iTunes 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Levy filled the gaps by sharing autobiographical facts: his birth weight, how his mom used to pack his lunch. Dance Review: Levydance Performs ?Romp? at Joyce SoHo 2012-02-21T22:41:24Z And in various essays throughout her autobiographical collection, “My Squirrel Days,” Kemper reveals herself to be a “carefree, happy-go-lucky sweetie”; a “polite teacher’s pet from the Midwest”; and “chatty and pony-like.” Review | Phoebe Robinson, Ellie Kemper and Busy Philipps are here to brighten your days 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “The narrative of immigration is the epic narrative of this millennium,” she wrote in an autobiographical statement for the reference work Contemporary Authors in 2005. Bharati Mukherjee, Writer of Immigrant Life, Dies at 76 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z A largely autobiographical drama that had its premiere in 1944, “The Glass Menagerie” was last on Broadway in 2005 in a production starring Jessica Lange and Christian Slater that drew mixed to negative reviews. ArtsBeat: ‘Glass Menagerie’ Coming to Broadway 2013-04-25T20:27:20Z For his next film, he started with a short story by Joe Hill, which he layered with autobiographical material. How Real-Life and Fictional Horror Seeped Into ‘The Black Phone’ 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “They are a little autobiographical,” Mr. Condo said. A Sun God? A Cyborg? No, It’s a George Condo Creation 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z The breakout star is tackling the lead role in an autobiographical romance comedy that he wrote with his wife, Emily V. Gordon. Stephen Colbert ‘Would Change a Few Words’ in That Monologue 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z It was 1986 and the filming of Withnail and I. Yet the writer and director Bruce Robinson, for whom this was pretty much autobiographical, was back in 1960s Camden. May 1986: Withnail demands cake and fine wine – and an enduring cult classic is born 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z As well as everything else, it is a kind of critical commentary on his kind of autobiographical rhetoric in French cinema – but so utterly distinctive. 'Greatest of the great' - Agnès Varda: the eternally youthful soul of world cinema 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He was 24 years old and had just published his third book, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a loosely autobiographical account of the continental tour he made after leaving Cambridge. Rereading: Childe Harold by Lord Byron 2011-08-12T09:00:01Z “Tales From Soprano Isle” is the autobiographical “Cinderella”-like story of high school misfit obsessed with musical theater who escaped captivity to realize her Broadway dreams. Review: Laura Benanti Shows Range With Songs and Stories 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Estey writes about the music, but also about life, and uses a style that reads as autobiographical. Q&A with Ann Powers on 'Best Music Writing 2010' 2010-12-23T20:15:10Z Sex reassignment is not the stuff of comedy in Christine Howey’s autobiographical show, “Exact Change,” which details how Ms. Howey, an Ohio actor, teacher and drama critic, made the transition to living as a woman. A Double Dose of Divine, and Other Reports From the Fringe Festival 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z That autobiographical novel was never finished, after the 1976 publication in Esquire magazine of two early chapters destroyed his relationship with the New York society women who were his patrons. | A History of Gossip 2010-12-07T16:00:00Z No doubt the film contains an autobiographical flavour too. Peter Greenaway: 'I plan to kill myself when I'm 80' 2012-11-15T20:00:08Z Ignoring the autobiographical elisions, they resonated to the book’s insistence that we mustn’t settle for the spirit-sapping path society has laid out for us. Perspective | Why I still love Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Several were paeans to education and included minutely autobiographical numbers about Williams College and Playwrights Horizons, both important stops on Mr. Finn’s journey to musical-theater eminence as the composer and lyricist of “Falsettos.” Music Review: ?William Finn: Songs of Innocence and Experience? - Review 2012-01-16T21:57:34Z Dressed like a dapper professor emeritus from Harvard in beige slacks and a sweater, Bean takes the audience on an autobiographical stroll of his life. 'Safe at Home: An Evening With Orson Bean' is a local treasure waiting for you to discover it 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Oldman’s brutally honest autobiographical film about his working-class London upbringing, “Nil By Mouth,” shot scenes in the very bar his hard-drinking father used to frequent. Gary Oldman on finding the frequency of ‘Mank’ 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Announcing the set, which is partly autobiographical, partly based on the book he co-wrote with Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff, Lloyd said: "It's my turn to have a few laughs." Tracy Morgan called 'sexist' at Melbourne comedy festival 2013-04-16T12:09:02Z It originally appeared in The New Yorker and then was included in her 1998 book of autobiographical essays called “The Boys of My Youth.” Have personal essays gotten too personal? 2013-03-17T17:00:00Z Yet they turn out to be the perfect vehicles for living out autobiographical chapters in song. Theater Review: Sherie Rene Scott: Semi-Star From Kansas 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z More like that, and Pollock's words will not prove autobiographical. Emma Pollock | Pop review 2010-03-22T22:30:00Z The only other thing that was clearly autobiographical, and I only recognized it after the fact, was the journey of the son Bodevan, played by George MacKay. Matt Ross Narrates a Scene From ‘Captain Fantastic’ 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z In Household Words, the weekly magazine he founded and edited, he contributed a number of highly personal and more or less autobiographical pieces, of which "A Christmas Tree" is one. Authors choose their favourite short stories 2012-12-21T22:55:14Z How was it, making what was surely an obviously autobiographical movie? Sofia Coppola: 'Is this psychoanalysis?' 2010-12-01T21:30:00Z An autobiographical novel about one’s emotionally rigid mother sounds like an opportunity for psychic revenge. Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself Some scholars claim that "Great Expectations" is perhaps Dickens' most autobiographical yarn — not literally, but intrinsically. Book-It stages 'Great Expectations' 2011-02-10T20:55:04Z While not strictly autobiographical, “A Brighter Summer Day” drew on his own experiences; set in 1960, it is based on a juvenile homicide that occurred at Mr. Yang’s school when he was 13. On DVD: Rock ’n’ Roll High Schools in Taiwan and America 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z To tie it back to the autobiographical documentary, I just felt like it would be more powerful to do a film than to write a book. Sneaker culture king DJ Bobbito Garcia breaks down his documentary “Rock Rubber 45s” 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Based on an autobiographical novel by Alfred de Musset about his affair with writer George Sand, Doherty's casting in the lead role makes plenty of sense. Singer Pete Doherty's film debut dubbed a "crime" 2012-05-22T15:51:25Z But these are byproducts of its undoubted confidence at carrying off a visually distinctive, witty, autobiographical comedy. Submarine ? review 2011-03-17T15:00:01Z It’s clearly autobiographical — “Too proper for the black kids/Too black for the Mexicans” — on the way to a broader outsider’s plaint: “I look around and I feel alone/I never feel like I belong.” Miguel Thrives on Dualities in His New Album, ‘Wildheart’ 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Even when their material isn’t autobiographical, it’s still personal — their worldview, their judgment — and it’s judged immediately: laugh or no laugh. Have You Heard the One About the Angsty Comic? Yes, Too Often 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z What she came up with centered on a struggling, self-involved actress, Kate, putting on an autobiographical solo show, a vanity project. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Some tracks get autobiographical, such as “Honkytonk U,” which references his blue collar roots growing up in Moore, Okla., where he played football and worked in the oil fields with his father, a lifelong Democrat . Toby Keith was a loud political voice in the Bush years. What about the Trump era? 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z One might guess this new novel was deeply autobiographical even if King hadn’t said as much. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman on the Road to Happiness 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z For this episode, Laurent assembles all the right clips, clearly establishing the autobiographical nature of that film for both Truffaut and Leaud. 'Two in the Wave': Recapturing moments of the French New Wave 2010-08-19T21:04:00Z Reading lightly autobiographical fiction—which is to say, most début fiction—or its cousin, autofiction, or really any and all fiction, becomes a matter of parsing degrees of realness. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z To another journalist she said: "No one would sign up to be in the family of an autobiographical poet." Sharon Olds's silence is golden in an era of endless media exposure 2013-01-20T00:06:48Z The autobiographical collection looks closely at the poet’s dual heritage as she travels back to Hong Kong. Sarah Howe Wins T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize 1455-03-31T05:00:00Z The latter is the locale of his fourth novel, Black Swan Green – the autobiographical story of a 13-year-old boy with literary ambitions, stuck in rural Worcestershire in the early 80s. David Mitchell: 'I don't want to project myself as this great experimenter' 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z The autobiographical exaggerations were one with the writing, a classic case of a modernist desire to wed art and life. Blaise Cendrars at the Morgan: A Modern Match of Poetry and Painting 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Some of these small essays are autobiographical, others confessional. Books of The Times: ?Draw It With Your Eyes Closed,? Edited by Paper Monument 2012-03-29T16:33:22Z Like much of his work, the novel is craftily autobiographical. Revisiting Roberto Bolaño — ‘the Visceral Realist’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Both Tuck and Crosby are using their first Edinburgh standup shows to address autobiographical subjects. From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z The other element of “It’s a Sin” that is completely autobiographical is the character Jill Baxter, the larger-than-life girlfriend every successful gay gang requires. ‘It’s a Sin’: Sex, Adventure and Loss in 1980s London 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z How strong are the autobiographical elements in what you write? Transgender Playwrights: ‘We Should Get to Tell Our Own Stories First’ 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z And since the notion was just slightly autobiographical, the movie would be made, in a way, by the man the movie is about. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z It begins with the autobiographical “Hands of Time,” whose sound is patient, poetic, confessional, candid. Listen to Margo Price 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z He wrote about these and similar occurrences in autobiographical novels like “Valis,” but also contemplated their meanings in personal writings that were not published. Philip K. Dick?s ?Exegesis? to Be Published 2010-04-29T21:27:00Z “Deviation,” an autobiographical novel by the Italian writer and critic Luce D’Eramo, is a case in point. The Story of the Girl Who Volunteered To Be Imprisoned by the Nazis 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z So much so that the early version of her autobiographical show was four or five hours long. Melissa Etheridge Is Ready to Rewatch ‘Barbie’ 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Many of the works are also at least somewhat autobiographical. 5 Monologues, Each a Showcase for Asian American Actors Over 60 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Virginia’s autobiographical writing and letters make it plain that she experienced strong physical compulsions outside her romantic relationships. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z These stories follow the broad strokes of the author’s own life, though, unlike Mukasonga’s prior books “Cockroaches” and “The Barefoot Woman,” they are less explicitly autobiographical. New Story Collections Reconsider History and Upend Tradition 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z His autobiographical reading — spiked with tragic headlines — described the perilous passage of a young African American man who dodged gangs and death, unlike several of his friends. Fundraiser put on highway to the danger zone To the extent that the play is autobiographical — Arbery’s sister Julia has Down syndrome — this is no doubt an expression of filial love. ‘Corsicana’ Review: Four Lost Hearts in the Heart of Texas 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z He writes that Douglass found what he was looking for in the autobiographical “Confessions” of Augustine and Rousseau. Art’s Greatest Enemy Might Not Be Science 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z In autobiographical songs and anecdotes that focus on his complicated relationship with his family, he tells a story of suffering, regret, despair and hope in a conversational tone with a playful touch. The one-man musical 'The Lion' leaps to the L.A. stage with songs of regret and hope 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, her autobiographical book, “Settle for More,” comes out next month and is expected to detail her feud with Trump and the toll it took. Megyn Kelly’s killer moment with Gingrich was a welcome return to badassery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z In “3 Faces,” he is at once playing a role in a fiction and himself: a dissident filmmaker with a privileged, sympathetic view of women, which strengthens the movie’s autobiographical underpinning. ‘3 Faces’ Review: On the Road in Iran (and Off It, Too) 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z But she maintains that the works are not autobiographical. Nine Plays, One Truth: Mfoniso Udofia on Her Immigrant Experience, and Ours 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z In 2007, Orange prize judge Muriel Gray groaned over the "sheer volume of thinly disguised autobiographical writing from women on small-scale domestic themes, such as motherhood, boyfriend troubles and tiny family dramas". Helen Simpson: 'I stuffed it with sex and violence' 2010-05-28T06:00:00Z These autobiographical musings open into broader reflections on exile and diasporic longing, making “Mariner of the Mountains” something of an intimate epic — a tale that feels at once personal and eternal. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z As someone with firsthand experience in the perils of second installments, McCarthy, 58, might have reconsidered going back to the autobiographical well, which he already explored with the 2012 travelogue, “The Longest Way Home.” Review | In ‘Brat,’ Andrew McCarthy looks back at his younger self — a sheepish outsider, torn between ambition and art 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Other singers performed the autobiographical songs, but Mr. Cotton had lost none of his vigor on harmonica. James Cotton, hard-blowing harmonica master of the blues, dies at 81 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Goldberg was quoted as saying the show was "totally autobiographical in concept", describing himself and his wife Diana as "the parents", adding: "Our daughter Shana was as smart as Alex but could shop with Mallory." Family Ties creator dies aged 68 2013-06-24T10:07:21Z On the back, where the jacket copy described George Orwell’s book as “this unusual novel — in good part autobiographical,” Roth scrawled, “It’s not a novel.” Look Inside Philip Roth’s Personal Library 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Who's Who includes autobiographical information on more than 33,000 influential people from a wide variety of professions. Miranda Hart joins Who's Who 2014 2013-12-02T14:47:18Z That made me curious, so I read some of her other books, which are autobiographical and cover a wide range of subjects. More vegetables, less work: Lessons from the mother of mulch 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Everything I do is autobiographical, including my fragrances. Richard E Grant: ‘I can never be an arse, or someone will tweet it’ 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Writers of realistic fiction are often are asked to wrestle with the question of autobiographical influence in interviews and essays. Sci-fi and fantasy authors reveal truths in the strangest fiction 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “Winter Journal,” an autobiographical book that Mr. Auster described as “the story of my body,” is planned for publication in the United States by Picador later this year. ArtsBeat: Paul Auster Responds After Turkish Prime Minister Calls Him 'An Ignorant Man' 2012-02-01T17:14:51Z We’ve got a pair of really interesting stories this week that explore innovative memoirs and how we tell autobiographical stories. Books: Susan Straight and David L. Ulin take on innovative memoirs and more in books 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z This sometimes autobiographical, sometimes stand-up comedy concoction isn’t looking to land you in the audience. ‘Me, My Mouth & I,’ Joy Behar’s One-Woman Show 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Images of shattered architecture, nude men and children in turn-of-the-last-century clothes combine to suggest the Homeric grandeur and autobiographical intimacy of Cavafy’s poetry. Art in Review: JOHN O?REILLY: ?Recent Montage? 2011-06-30T21:24:36Z “It’s not autobiographical,” says Chinski, “but so firmly grounded in personal experience and emotional energy.” Where has Jonathan Safran Foer been all these years? 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z But Michael Bonnabel — in his suit, narrow tie and eyeglasses — is the son in the Abingdon Theater Company’s production of his autobiographical solo show, “The Good Boy.” Theater Review: ‘The Good Boy,’ From Abingdon Theater 2013-05-10T21:51:49Z “The Thief’s Journal,” by Jean Genet, presented a genre that most connected with my early aspirations, a kind of autobiographical fiction, his chronicle having its own inherent truth. How Susan Sontag Influenced Patti Smith’s Reading Life 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But “Rent” was hardly his first musical, and was in many ways shaped by an autobiographical show he was writing at the same time, about his struggles to write “Superbia.” ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’: A Musical Based on a Musical About Writing a Musical. We Explain. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z We turn engagement with art into a series of boxes to be checked and medals to be awarded to ourselves, forgetting again that aesthetic experiences are autobiographical. So you missed “12 Years a Slave”: The danger of movies-to-see-before-you-die 2014-01-16T12:50:00Z James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” is a piercingly sad, pointedly autobiographical story set in Queens in the early 1980s. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z “When you’re reading something autobiographical, you not only learn the facts of the person’s life but the lens through which they see the world,” Ms. Madden said. Their Story Wrote Itself 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Other tracks are less autobiographical but channel the menacing, measured energy that Omar often exuded. How Michael K. Williams helped Baltimore rapper DDM find his voice 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Trouble Town – his first single – was an autobiographical glimpse into life on a council estate. Jake Bugg: 'I'd never do a talent show. It doesn't seem genuine' 2012-05-26T23:05:34Z Osborne was only 26 when his largely autobiographical first play had its premiere in London. Arts & Leisure: Matthew Rhys in ?Look Back in Anger? on New York Stage 2012-01-22T01:47:19Z In an artist statement, Su writes that the work is an attempt to “rebuild my self-awareness” through an autobiographical portrait of his homeland. 30 Under 30 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Sarah Manguso's autobiographical "The Two Kinds of Decay" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning cancer saga "The Emperor of all Maladies" are also in the running. Roth's polio novel competes for medical lit prize 2011-11-09T11:23:36Z It won awards and acclaim and much autobiographical speculation about its central character, a fortysomething woman visiting friends, without her husband, without children. The laugh-out-loud nightmares of Joanna Hogg 2011-02-24T22:30:01Z Also lost were the manuscripts of several writing projects in progress, including a completed autobiographical novel, called “The Jagged Years.” No Longer Driving a Cab, a Syrian Writer in America Focusses on His Fiction 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Storage Stories, his "comic fictional autobiographical novel and collection of short stories", is published this week. Jim Bob's top 10 illustrated books for adults 2010-05-05T10:32:00Z The project, he said, “is probably my most deeply autobiographical work to date.” Adam Pendleton Is Rethinking the Museum 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s quite common for writers to transform their protagonists into painters to avoid the autobiographical cliche of writers writing about writers. Review | ‘You Again’ is a captivating mystery about a woman who keeps colliding with her younger self 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z I think when people say autobiographical, they’re assuming it’s one-to-one, which none of my movies are in the slightest. Noah Baumbach Knows What You’re Thinking 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z A sharp satire of suburban anomie that played with 1950s pop styles, “Tahiti” was laced with autobiographical resonance; the unhappily married couple at its center was based on Bernstein’s parents. Cuts, Big and Small, Transform Leonard Bernstein’s Final Opera 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Some of her inspiration is autobiographical, she says, but her work also goes "beyond private concerns to speak of ... larger social problems." Review: Seattle sculptor Humaira Abid blends dazzling craft, potent content in 'Red' 2011-04-07T19:31:11Z There’s also Philip Roth’s strangest and most unplotty autobiographical novels or even a novel as unusual in structure and frame as “Wuthering Heights.” An Answer to the Novel’s Detractors 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Several are autobiographical, including his final composition, “Sydney,” which is named for the Australian city where the Gibb brothers grew up. Posthumous Album by Robin Gibb to Be Released 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Typically, a thin comedy plot collides with dark, fevered visions, along with some deeply emotional, transparently autobiographical material. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z She is now working on a sequel to “Gold Rush” while Giles translates another of her autobiographical novels, “The End of August.” Her Antenna Is Tuned to the Quietest Voices 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Like all Butts songs, "Panic Attack" is to varying degrees unprofessional, conceptual, autobiographical, and funny. Concert review: Seattle duo Butts at The Funhouse 2010-05-27T17:39:00Z It is autobiographical in the sense that it fixes a moment in time. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani: 'For us it was cinema or death' 2013-03-01T08:00:05Z “It’s one of his most important, ambitious paintings, and it’s autobiographical,” Ms. Goldman said. Inside Art: A Warhol Is Said to Be Bought by a Walton 2013-12-05T21:27:16Z The graphic novelist Adrian Tomine traces memories of neuroses and humiliations in the autobiographical “Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Bradford provides similarly interesting exegeses of autobiographical echoes in other Highsmith novels, but this generally valuable material gets lost in an endless parade of lovers and equally endless litany of Highsmith’s appalling personal conduct. Review | Patricia Highsmith’s sordid search for inspiration 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Many of the stories in “A Manual for Cleaning Women” are more or less autobiographical. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Handler knows all about the new series, Snicket’s autobiographical recounting of his career as a young investigator. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 19-25 2012-10-18T22:07:08Z But to overemphasize the autobiographical dimensions of “Somewhere” would be to stop short of identifying its extraordinary insight and originality. | 'Somewhere': The Pampered Life, Viewed From the Inside 2010-12-21T23:13:01Z The ease and certainty of tone that are so palpable in his essays, though, are missing from his autobiographical solo show. Three Journeys Under the Radar: Trippy, Unsettling and Affectionate 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z It is perhaps his most autobiographical, and his most exacting examination of the artist's life. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z First off is the Geraldine Hughes autobiographical solo “Belfast Blues,”; Carol Kane’s production was taped last year at Belfast’s Lyric Theater. Theater to Stream: Catty Birthdays and ‘Lessons in Survival’ 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z This autobiographical novel traces a family’s history after the breakup of Yugoslavia. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z He sold his first book, the largely autobiographical “The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer,” through ads in national newspapers. William Hooker and Oscar Micheaux, visionaries across eras and art forms 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z There’s a specific kind of episodic memory called an autobiographical memory — a formative moment that becomes central to our sense of self. After months in lockdown, we need some new memories. But can you ‘make’ them? 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z But the finest such contribution was his solo on “In My Life,” an autobiographical meditation by Lennon, on “Rubber Soul.” George Martin and the Beatles: A Producer’s Impact, in Five Songs 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z In hotel rooms with nothing to do or on trains with no one to talk to, I'd mull over this autobiographical narrative that was pressing in on me. A life in writing: Gerard Woodward 2012-11-23T22:55:10Z Like any three writers, things are both autobiographical and things you pick up from the world. Richard Linklater on the enduring appeal of Jesse and Celine 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z The song was the thrilling finale of the most detailed autobiographical show I’ve seen her give, “Highlights,” which opened on Tuesday evening at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Review: Marilyn Maye, at 88, Celebrating the Moment 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z In the acclaimed TV drama Californication, he played a brilliant writer and rakish sex addict – a part some took to be autobiographical. David Duchovny: ‘I can't play Mulder the way I did. That would be obscene’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z On May 23, the Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky will release his first film in over two decades: The Dance of Reality, an autobiographical movie shot in the director’s own hometown. VIDEO: Watch an Exclusive Clip From Jodorowsky's The Dance of Reality 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Dylan has denied that “Blood” is autobiographical; in his memoir, “Chronicles: Volume One,” he suggests that the songs were based on Chekhov. Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Afterward, Anne began to revise what she had written for eventual publication as an autobiographical novel, working at the furious rate of up to a dozen pages a day. Anne Frank’s Diary, in Graphic Form, Reveals Its Humor 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Directed by Spike Lee and written by his wife, Kiki Tyson, Undisputed Truth is an autobiographical monologue, which premiered in Las Vegas in April. Mike Tyson's show to tour the US 2012-11-29T11:48:32Z Though not explicitly autobiographical, this film is deeply personal, and while the nature of cinema is very much on its mind, it rarely feels insular or self-conscious. Movie Review: ‘Americano,’ by Mathieu Demy, at Sunshine Cinema 2012-06-14T21:28:25Z For six years in my early 20s, I worked on an autobiographical coming-of-age novel about my unhappy upbringing in Silicon Valley. I wanted to publish a book before I died 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z This was the unlikely coup perpetrated by Heidi Schreck in her autobiographical tale of how our founding document touches her life — and by extension, yours and mine. Perspective | Out of dozens and dozens of plays and musicals, these deserved the hottest spotlight 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It was an odd but sacred ritual for the essentially single mother and her son, and it’s a scene that is replayed in Mr. Mills’s richly autobiographical new film, “20th Century Women.” A Boy Raised by a Few ‘20th Century Women’ 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The novel is inspired by Reid’s babysitting years, but it’s not autobiographical. Kiley Reid’s Novel Is About Race and Class and Other People’s Children 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Her new memoir, “Cherry Hill: A Childhood Reimagined,” part autobiographical text and part cinematic recreation of her upbringing in Cherry Hill, N.J., might appear to be a departure. Jona Frank: Between Reality and Fantasy 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Contrary to the truism that holds that all first novels are autobiographical, Sweeney says that nothing apart from scenes set in New York is taken from her real life. Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney reflects on family, her midlife turn to fiction and the bidding war over her first novel, 'The Nest' 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Speaking to Andrew Anthony he tackles the "insulting" question of whether his disease should affect his atheism, discusses the pitfalls of autobiographical writing and defends his support for the Iraq war. Top books news hits of 2010 2010-12-31T09:00:01Z The weirdness of this is especially evident in the earlier autobiographical chapters. Does “Mein Kampf” Remain a Dangerous Book? 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Manhattan as Susan Superstar, a vaguely autobiographical version of herself, and died, essentially burned out from drugs and alcohol, at the age of 28. “Plimpton!” doc tells tale of literary heavyweight 2013-05-28T20:05:00Z “Turning Points” is the most autobiographical show of Ms. Callaway’s career. Ann Hampton Callaway Performs at 54 Below 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z He made dozens of films — some short, some feature-length — that often deliberately blurred the boundaries among fiction, documentary and autobiographical narrative. Stephen Dwoskin, Experimental Filmmaker, Dies at 73 2012-07-22T02:44:24Z In an autobiographical moment in the comics, Wonder Woman tries to get confessions made with the help of her Lasso of Truth admissible in court. 7 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Wonder Woman 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z “Teza,” which opens Friday at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas in Manhattan and means “Morning Dew” in the director’s native Amharic, may be Mr. Gerima’s most autobiographical movie yet. Haile Gerima?s Films Mirror Ethiopia?s Struggle 2010-03-29T22:08:00Z The drug therapy coincides with a strange and controversial period in Lowell’s writing, during which he obsessively wrote nothing but scandalously autobiographical sonnets, beginning with 1969’s “Notebook.” How much did Robert Lowell's manic-depression affect his poetry? A new biography tries to find the answer 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “And,” an autobiographical solo — a collage of monologues — also dealt with transience, in particular, life’s parade of changes: marriage and divorce, building homes and leaving them. ‘Work’ and the Feel of Private Practice Made Public 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z As a literary writer I felt a certain pressure to write autobiographical fiction. Charmaine Craig's mother, beauty queen and revolutionary, inspired her novel 'Miss Burma' 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z In a similar way, Tuck delivers here an autobiographical novel that is essentially a memoir of her early life, from her birth in Paris in the late 1930s through her college years. ‘The Double Life of Liliane’ review: A novel that blends fact and fiction 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Pamela Adlon, who writes, directs and stars, has fashioned a gorgeous and loosely autobiographical story about a raspy-voiced single mother, Sam, who is a jobbing actor, and her three daughters, living in Los Angeles. Better Things gets better: Pamela Adlon triumphs without Louis CK 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z This quiet storm of a film is adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel so nakedly autobiographical that the author felt she could publish it only pseudonymously. Cate Blanchett: ‘I used to be very socially awkward’ 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Again, it was Coppola’s energetic defence that prevailed upon Universal to stick with Lucas’s second film, American Graffiti, a story of teenagers, set in Modesto and full of autobiographical material. The folly of Empire: how Star Wars menaced Hollywood 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Taken at a time when the president-elect was famed as a billionaire real estate pooh-bah, it served as the cover image for his autobiographical book “Trump: Surviving at the Top.” Presidential Portraits: Staring History in the Face 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Elsewhere Micky Flanagan, fresh from the success of a funny, poignant and autobiographical Radio 4 series, was on filthily fine form. Latitude festival: Shakespeare, Swan Lake and Empire of the Sun steal the show 2010-07-19T13:19:00Z I kept thinking about “Melancholia,” perhaps his finest movie, and whether its apocalyptic tale of depression and death was autobiographical. Arts & Leisure: Conflicting Voices in Lars von Trier?s Words and Works 2011-09-21T16:24:21Z “Big Girl, Small Town” is not autobiographical, but it’s clearly informed by Gallen’s experience as a young woman who grew up in Northern Ireland and who processes the world differently. Review | Make room for ‘Big Girl, Small Town’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Tyson, who recently toured his one-man autobiographical stage show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," will give voice to his cartoon character on the "Mike Tyson Mysteries" crime-solving series. Mike Tyson, with pigeon sidekick, to star as TV cartoon detective 2013-05-10T23:37:57Z Ms. Anyanwu achieves this effect partly through a layering of stories, some taking place now, some in the past and some in scenes drawn from Kelechi’s apparently autobiographical novel. Review: A Bumpy Return to Nigeria for ‘The Homecoming Queen’ 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Le Carré worked and reworked these scenes of his father’s flamboyant perfidy, perhaps most memorably in the autobiographical novel “A Perfect Spy.” Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z As sometimes counterintuitively happens in autobiographical fiction, there’s a strange unconvincingness that hovers over stretches of this book. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman on the Road to Happiness 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Bleak, honest, tangled, and one of those episodes that slips deeper into the autobiographical territory you might be expecting. Desert Island Discs: Desert Island Discs: which episode would you take to a desert island? 2011-03-31T13:28:12Z Story Story Night: Live music, food, drinks and intimate autobiographical storytelling have made this itinerant series a Boise cultural touchstone for roughly eight years. Fast-changing Boise offers plenty of adventure, day or night. Here’s a list to choose from. 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The relationship between the spy Pym and his scoundrel father, Rick Pym, is highly autobiographical — le Carré's father was a confidence man whose escapades had a profound impact on le Carré's upbringing and outlook. 5 best movies based on John le Carr? books 2011-12-15T20:59:21Z You know, the show is not necessarily autobiographical for me and Jay. Show runners examine the ever-changing television landscape 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Well, at least he attempts to, but Dad on the cellphone keeps interrupting, which ignites a stream-of-consciousness autobiographical melee. 'Mutant Olive,' one actor's audition -- and life story 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z “It was impossible to overlook just how important literature was here,” she writes, in “Überbitten,” the 700-page autobiographical novel she published, to great acclaim, earlier this year. An American Jewish Author Now Calls Germany Home 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z A more relevant antecedent may be the psychologically intricate art of Louise Bourgeois, on view concurrently at the MoMA mother ship, though Ms. Wilkes takes a less autobiographical, more open-ended approach than Bourgeois did. From Forgotten Discards, a Wealth of Memories 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Largely autobiographical, it describes a life of contrasts, which takes her protagonist from the benches of Akalla to studying at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, just as Ahmad did. ‘Snabba Cash’ Depicts a Sweden Flowing with Money and Blood 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Although my fiction is not autobiographical, the feelings in it, particularly the feelings toward my mother, are very real and very alive. "Did you write this because you wish your mother was dead?": No — the exact opposite 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Because it's otherwise pretty autobiographical, is it not? Richard McGuire's 'Here' takes on a larger life as graphic novel 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z One, is that autobiographical, and two, are you planning on going to college at any point in your life? Music Monday/interview/concert preview: Yelawolf at Nectar 07/16/10 2010-07-12T16:00:00Z If you liked Richard Feynman’s autobiographical “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman” but thought it was rather self-indulgent, this book will prompt similar reactions. Enter the Holodeck 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The second being autobiographical, but also the biography of Stretch as well. Sneaker culture king DJ Bobbito Garcia breaks down his documentary “Rock Rubber 45s” 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Not many lives would lend themselves to this kind of autobiographical treatment. Books of The Times: ?Then Again,? by Diane Keaton - Review 2011-11-17T23:11:27Z Unexpected Lessons in Love is autobiographical in that its central character is a retired psychotherapist coping with anal cancer and a colostomy, discussed in a brave degree of detail. Bernardine Bishop obituary 2013-07-05T14:10:45Z Truth and beauty are the victors in this playful, autobiographical tale of a French couple fighting for their son's life. Declaration of War: Romeo and Juliette Take on Cancer 2012-01-27T16:28:06Z His autobiographical stuff — “The Pigeon Tunnel” and “A Perfect Spy” — were great, though. Diana Gabaldon Avoids Books Where Bad Things Happen to Children 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “It’s autobiographical in some sense, but more entertaining than how it actually happened,” he added, like the exaggerated blood spurting to the ceiling in a Quentin Tarantino film. Danny Brown Shows Respect for His Elders With ‘Atrocity Exhibition’ 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z One of the most revealing tests was a two-minute autobiographical speech about a person, place or event that influenced the individual’s personal growth. Want to be an adventure tour leader? You have a better chance of getting into Dartmouth. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z In other interviews you’ve done about EL VY, it seems to keep coming up that this project features more autobiographical material. Matt Berninger has always been funny: “I actually think The National’s stuff has more humor than people pay attention to” 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Lamb wrote on his Facebook page Thursday that both She’s Come Undone and I’ll Fly Away, a collection of autobiographical essays written by the York inmates in his writing workshop, are back in circulation. Conn. Prison Officials Reverse Ban of Lamb Book 2013-08-23T14:50:15Z “Martin Eden” is a somewhat autobiographical novel by Jack London, published in 1909 and less well known among American readers than London’s tales of adventure. 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2020 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The largely autobiographical story begins in the 1980s, when a psychologically damaged young woman with working-class immigrant parents gets accepted to a prestigious college. Beyond ‘Crazy Rich Asians’: Angie Wang Makes a Movie 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z This week’s video features Joy Behar, the comedian and former co-host of “The View,” in a scene from “Me, My Mouth & I,” her solo autobiographical show. In Performance: Joy Behar of 'Me, My Mouth & I' 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Gray was known for his autobiographical monologue pieces, finding a level of success in his performances few were able to replicate. Exclusive: Watch Bill Hader’s genius Spalding Gray parody for “Documentary Now!” 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z This formality — along with expanses of startling solid colors — contributes to the hypnotic stillness of her mainly autobiographical works. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z This deeply autobiographical novel recounts growing up gay in rural France, where the men and women scuff and strain against economic morbidity, class invisibility and narcotizing boredom. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The eight songs travel a path from the electrified reverie of "Walk With Me," through the nakedly autobiographical "Love and War," and into the acoustic, guitar-driven "Peaceful Valley." Neil Young's new album, 'Le Noise,' reaches deep, climbs to new musical highs 2010-09-28T00:20:00Z Her novels, particularly those with an autobiographical source, show us a dangerous world seen through the eyes of a supreme comedian. My hero Beryl Bainbridge by Michael Holroyd 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z And yet relatively little is known about McKenney’s life, despite her autobiographical pieces and an exquisite memoir about her marriage, “Love Story.” In Praise of Ruth McKenney 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Like a demon to be exorcised, it seems to appear in every artist’s output, from Plato to the novels of Ben Lerner — often autobiographical, and almost always philosophical. Review: A New Opera Pays Poetic Tribute to the Creative Process 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Loosely autobiographical, “Madonna in a Fur Coat” derives from the author’s own sojourn in Berlin during the 1920s. Review | Why is this Turkish novel from the 1940s selling 1 million copies today? 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z When Earle later wrote the tune "Hardcore Troubadour," there was little doubt it was autobiographical. Grammy-winning Steve Earle joins Joe Ely at the zoo 2010-06-24T19:31:00Z According to Sacks, Karinthy's book is "the first autobiographical description of a journey inside the human brain" and still "one of the best". A healthy dose of sick lit 2010-09-03T09:09:00Z She provides invaluable insights on the forms of escapism in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” O’Neill’s autobiographical masterwork. Books of The Times: ‘Stella Adler on America’s Master Playwrights,’ Lectures 2012-08-30T14:03:07Z “A Clue to the Exit,” first published in Britain 15 years ago, arrives here after the conclusion of Mr. St. Aubyn’s celebrated quintet of novels featuring an autobiographical character named Patrick Melrose. Review: Novels by Alexandra Kleeman, Edward St. Aubyn and More 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z The question pops up frequently enough to suggest that there's no easy answer, especially when a clearly autobiographical element is included. Provocative 'Polisse' focuses on France's Child Protective Unit 2012-06-28T20:45:08Z I admit I rooted for Ivana as she remarried twice, travelled the globe, launched other careers and published four autobiographical books. Ivana and me? It’s complicated: A Manhattan feminist's connection to the first Mrs. Trump 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Its stations also aired his hour-long autobiographical promotional film, called “A Breath of Fresh Air, A New Prescription for America,” just before Carson’s official announcement. How the nation’s largest owner of TV stations helped Donald Trump’s campaign 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Richardson’s frequent autobiographical detours account for some of the book’s uneven texture and preoccupation with frivolity. Review | Scholars have dismissed debutante balls, but ‘The Season’ digs in to the strange, fascinating history 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s a problem that TV as a whole doesn’t feature more working-class characters and characters of color, but Dunham, an autobiographical artist, is not the person I’d pick to create any of that. What Lena Dunham’s “learned”: Her entertaining, frustrating literary debut 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z In a big, autobiographical piece subtitled “The Map of the Land of Feelings” Mr. Tiravanija documented his own global travels. Art Review: ?Print/Out? and ?Printin? ?at the Museum of Modern Art 2012-02-16T23:07:07Z Saul Bellow was one of America’s most autobiographical novelists. ‘Saul Bellow’s Heart’: Son looks back at his father 2013-05-08T21:05:21Z I’m not a comfortably autobiographical writer, but I am really interested in finding ways for more immediate autobiographical stuff to get in. Ben Marcus: Jonathan Franzen’s cultural commentary is really embarrassing 2014-02-10T01:00:00Z Between 1963 and 1973, Charles Wright wrote three scalding autobiographical novels about a young black intellectual from Missouri, a Korean War veteran, trying to make it in New York City. The Pleasures of a Writer Who Was ‘Richard Pryor on Paper’ 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z His autobiographical lyrics about the ups and downs of relationships are heartfelt and savvy, complete with self-lacerating candor and ferocious wit. The Artistry Is Apparent, So Where?s the Audience? 2011-02-06T22:52:21Z Original sin was an existential condition for Miller, who titled his most autobiographical play “After the Fall.” ‘The Crucible,’ by Arthur Miller, Plays at the Old Vic 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Based on Parton’s picture book “Coat of Many Colors” and her autobiographical song of the same title, the event will present the story of an impoverished girl whose vibrant winter outfit is sewn from rags. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Despite the opening disclaimer that "this is not an autobiographical account of my life as a singer and musician", a good half of the book could be described as just that. How Music Works by David Byrne - review 2012-11-09T22:55:01Z Tellingly, she translated the heartbreak and heartache into Heartburn, a witty autobiographical novel, which became a movie for which she wrote the screenplay. Nora Ephron was serious about comedy 2012-06-27T12:12:07Z Though he has very few lines, Mr. Affleck is unquestionably the male lead in a love story that is said to have autobiographical resonance for Mr. Malick, who was once married to a French woman. ArtsBeat: Venice Film Festival: Audience Cheers P.T. Anderson Film, Jeers Terrence Malick's Entry 2012-09-03T16:23:26Z New in paperback: the Whidbey Island author's autobiographical novel about a wayward kid who develops an unlikely bond with his stepfather, a former naval officer. Local books on Jimi Hendrix, Seahawks, Al Franken 2010-10-25T23:39:00Z They are “autobiographical in feeling, though not, sometimes, entirely so in fact,” she writes. Books of The Times: ‘Dear Life: Stories,’ by Alice Munro 2012-12-10T21:44:31Z Her musical life, which she has advertised as autobiographical since her first single, “Tim McGraw,” four years ago, depends on her version of truth telling. Arts & Leisure Preview: Taylor Swift Is Angry, Darn It 2010-10-20T22:06:00Z The Samdereli sisters said they incorporated many autobiographical experiences into the film, such as forcing their mother to stage Christmas for them. Feel-good German film says multiculturalism not dead 2011-02-12T17:45:50Z There are definitely touches in the film, like Tom wanting to be alone while also not wanting Violet to get out of bed and leave the room, that seemed specific enough to be autobiographical. Maggie Gyllenhaal on sexual liberation 2012-05-18T13:50:00Z The book, he ponders – which is not so much an autobiography as a "semi autobiographical whimsy" – is loosely structured around a time in the 90s when he worked as a performing magician in a restaurant. Derren Brown: 'I'm being honest about my dishonesty' 2010-10-18T06:59:00Z In presenting Say Her Name as an "autobiographical novel", Goldman authorises his own dramatic overreach. Too much grief 2011-08-19T21:55:11Z Case told Consequence of Sound, “This record was really autobiographical because my mind didn’t have room for anything else.” Fall 2013 Music Preview 2013-09-06T09:45:57Z The beginning and end of the show are another form of drama — the detailed, though brisk, autobiographical story of the title figure. ‘John’ at the National Theater in London 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z “Better Things,” like “Louie,” is an autobiographical portrait of a hardened divorced parent working in show business and raising precocious daughters, and it’s easy to find points of communion between them. “Better Things,” Pamela Adlon’s Unlikely Ode to Single Motherhood 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z There the younger man reads a tale, soon to be revealed as autobiographical, which is reenacted onscreen. ‘Intrigo: Death of an Author’ Review: Many Mysteries, Fewer Thrills 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z She wasn’t acquainted with Carlile, and didn’t typically sing from an autobiographical posture. Tanya Tucker Would Rather Be Celebrated While She’s Alive 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Wordsworth’s most ambitious work is his autobiographical epic, “The Prelude.” Review | On the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth, a celebration of verse 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z His wonderfully vindictive, autobiographical "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces," which closed his set, served as a testament. Elvis Costello, Ben Folds harness the L.A. Phil at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z She wrote in an autobiographical essay on her website that David Penci, a guitarist in her band, was listed as the writer and that she struggled for years to get credit for it. Rose Hamlin, a One-Hit Wonder With ‘Angel Baby,’ Dies at 71 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z But it is another autobiographical project that takes outsiders most deeply into her world. No sensation: the new photo library of everyday trans life 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The crossover between actor and character gives the audience the impression that we are sneaking a peak into the performer's psyche, while the autobiographical element deepens the fiction in turn. Angelina Jolie springs back to life from a career slumber in Maleficent 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Moreover, the autobiographical facts Tuck includes often segue into relevant historical information — about street names, for example, ocean liners, news stories of the day — lending an aura of even greater veracity. ‘The Double Life of Liliane’ review: A novel that blends fact and fiction 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Some classifications are autobiographical, such as portraits from the part of Pennsylvania where she grew up, including a series from the early nineties that captures students posing in classrooms. The Photographer Who Searched for the Humanity in Strom Thurmond 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Warner included this autobiographical material because, she explained, her desire to study "the myth and the cult of the Virgin Mary" was "the outcome of a private journey". Kathryn Hughes: rereading Alone of All Her Sex by Marina Warner 2013-03-23T07:00:15Z Larson then turned that experience into an autobiographical show about the pressures of achieving something as an artist before he turned 30. New this week: Will Smith, ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ and Adele 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Marks: The problems of perception, the benefits of delusion, the trickiness of translation — especially when it addresses autobiographical artifacts. Salon’s author questionnaire: 5 authors break down the secret lives of their new books 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Fans of her autobiographical work will recognize the singular voice in “Christmas Days.” Jeanette Winterson’s 12 Christmas stories are a magical holiday treat 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Her new book is The Blue Between Sky and Water – an often autobiographical story of a family forced to flee their Palestinian home in 1947. Building playgrounds in Palestine: ‘This is their special place and refuge’ 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z There’s a strong autobiographical aspect to “Sweet Theft.” Review: J. D. McClatchy’s Secret Autobiography, in Quotations 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z “It’s not autobiographical, but everything is a cathartic reaction to something that I’ve seen or experienced through other people,” he says. Patrick Stump finds life beyond Fall Out Boy 2011-11-09T05:47:00Z SissyBoy James Mellon's new autobiographical solo show about his career in entertainment, his battle with cancer, and more. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 7-14: Bernadette Peters and more 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The choreographer, now fifty-three, has been presenting work for more than thirty years; often it’s had an autobiographical basis, and elements of political or social commentary. With “Labyrinth,” Mark Dendy Confronts His Demons 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z The food all looks amazing, obviously, and “Street Food” emphasizes how autobiographical cooking is, how contextual. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z It's clearly a complicated situation – The Salt of Life, he says, is 99% autobiographical. Gianni Di Gregorio: The incidental director 2011-07-28T20:01:01Z He weaves autobiographical tidbits because these issues are close to home, but the meta-doc method doesn’t quite work in a film that also strives to be so straightforwardly informative. ‘Eating Up Easter’ Review: The Wasteful Side of Tourism 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z There are autobiographical footprints elsewhere as well, a tendency that Ms. Heiny winks at when one of her characters worries about blurring the line between life and fiction. Katherine Heiny’s Road to ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow’ 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z As I wrote in my original review, Pamela Adlon’s series, which she co-created with Louis C.K., “finds comedy in. . . mundane moments, making it at once universal in tone and intimately autobiographical.” Best of 2016: From “The Crown” to “Superstore,” here are the 15 best series of the year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Levine's autobiographical set largely comprises outrageous tales from "adult" retail, plus a few anecdotes about her relaxed attitude to parenting. Fat Whore: Kristine Levine – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-06T09:29:00Z Richard Eder described it in The Times as “an account delivered not to himself but, as if concealing assets, to the autobiographical equivalent of a tax audit.” James Salter, a ‘Writer’s Writer’ Short on Sales but Long on Acclaim, Dies at 90 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Petronio offers a solo, “Big Daddy,” and passages from his autobiographical “Confessions.” Dance Listings for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z And although this film is the least autobiographical of Birbiglia’s works — which include the acclaimed confessional solo show “Sleepwalk With Me” and subsequent film version — its plot rings true for comedians. When ‘Saturday Night Live’ takes your comedy partner, how do you feel? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In a curious way, Maitreyabandhu's disposition to take himself out of the picture seems very suited to this intensely autobiographical work. The Crumb Road by Maitreyabandhu – review 2013-07-05T17:30:00Z Unusually for Stoppard, the play comes with a heart-wrenching autobiographical twist: a little boy named Leo who escapes the Holocaust for the safety of England, and who might just as well have been called Tom. What to See on Broadway in October 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Times Book Prizes will present an award for autobiographical prose. L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Zadie Smith and Rep. John Lewis; Thomas McGuane will be honored 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z He placed the book, fictional with some clearly autobiographical elements of Mr. McPherson’s Midwestern youth, on equal footing with such first-rate memoirs as Frank Conroy’s “Stop-Time” and Russell Baker’s “Growing Up.” William McPherson, Pulitzer-winning book critic who chronicled his decline into poverty, dies at 84 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Jay-Z has mythologized his life before, of course — many of his most resonant lyrics, particularly those on his autobiographical masterpiece, “The Black Album,” are works of willful self-dramatization. Books of The Times: The Street Poet Jay-Z Shows His Softer Side, in a Memoir 2010-11-22T18:28:00Z “Tucker” is perhaps Coppola’s most autobiographical film, because, in many ways, Tucker’s work is akin to that of Coppola’s efforts to run a movie studio in his own distinctive way. What to Stream: “Tucker: The Man and His Dream,” a Slyly Personal Francis Ford Coppola Film 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z These works signal the autobiographical subtext to his seemingly distanced approach. Critic’s Notebook: Rudolf Stingel’s Carpeting Makeover in Venice 2013-08-20T22:13:15Z I never wanted to write anything autobiographical — that particular incident was just the seed and got me started. An Undocumented Woman Struggles to Root Her Family in New York City 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z In an autobiographical essay, she described childhood encounters with two giants of children’s literature, Arthur Ransome and Beatrix Potter, and concluded that they both hated children. Diana Wynne Jones, Children?s Author, Dies at 76 2011-03-29T00:52:53Z Akhavan admits that the film borders on autobiographical but prefers to call it “extremely personal.” ‘Appropriate Behavior’ filmmaker Desiree Akhavan on her debut film and how she got her role on ‘Girls’ 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Like “Mr. Robinson,” which stars Craig Robinson, “The Carmichael Show” is a vehicle for a stand-up comic to tell a vaguely autobiographical tale. Review: ‘The Carmichael Show,’ With Jabs and Jokes, Has Its Debut on NBC 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z To what extent is this film an autobiographical story? With ‘Tigertail,’ a Filmmaker Hopes to Comfort Asian-Americans 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Godine’s sumptuous edition of Wordsworth’s autobiographical masterpiece, written in the best blank verse since Milton, is further enhanced with explanatory annotations and 130 period-appropriate paintings and drawings. Michael Dirda’s holiday book picks 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z It catches Ai pushing on, assembling a major installment series that is pointedly autobiographical: scenes depicting his detention. 'The Fake Case' shows Ai Weiwei under duress, pushing on 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Like all Tevis’s work, “Mockingbird” is certainly if obliquely autobiographical, a parable about freeing oneself from addiction and striving for self-realization. Review | ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a bestseller, but its author, Walter Tevis, was hardly a one-hit wonder 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “Every movie becomes, for me, autobiographical,” Mr. Bertolucci announced rather gratuitously in 1977, right before the American premiere of his vexed epic “1900.” Film: Shifting Amid, and Asserting, His Own Cinema 2010-12-10T21:22:00Z Down And Out In Paris And London is an autobiographical work by Orwell, split into two parts, on the theme of poverty in the two capital cities. Rare Orwell book fetches ?86,000 2010-03-25T12:28:00Z He said the remnants of his Deep South upbringing had fallen away "after a lot of acid trips", but recalled drawing an autobiographical panel which hinted falsely that he had a girlfriend. From Tron to Angelina Jolie (via peanut butter) 2010-07-23T11:02:00Z A: The songs aren’t really autobiographical, I do sort of just make them up. Nick Lowe interview: Pop music for grown-ups 2011-12-08T05:26:00Z Their autobiographical monologues, staged with furious energy and physicality, are alternatively heartbreaking and empowering. In Munich, Young Directors Offer Horrors Both Real and Fantastical 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Parker, an award-winning poet and essayist, drew from her high school journals and an unfinished memoir to create this loosely autobiographical Y.A. debut. New Y.A. Crossover From Morgan Parker, Renée Ahdieh and More 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Asked if the future may hold a return to novels with no autobiographical material, he replied: “It’s crossed my mind.” If It’s Fiction, Can It Be an Invasion of Privacy? 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z One of her sons said, after her death, “Ma wrote true stories, not necessarily autobiographical, but close enough for horseshoes.” The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z The four-volume autobiographical novel -- parts of which were published after Roth's death in 1995 -- was edited from a first batch of manuscripts written in Roth's later years. Author Henry Roth's hero resurrected in final novel 2010-06-03T17:48:00Z Lee doesn’t always succeed in integrating all the parts of his tale, especially the autobiographical vignettes. Eats of Eden 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Another dreamily revealed an interior monologue in singsong tones; a third related episodes from Ashley’s life with a slight but noticeable stammer — another autobiographical touch. Critic’s Notebook: Robert Ashley’s Work Lives On at the Whitney Biennial 2014-04-14T21:19:51Z Mordant humor in the face of political disaster is something “Tales” shares with “The Time That Remains,” a lovely autobiographical film by Elia Suleiman. Film: Don?t Think of It as Another Film Festival, Think of It as a Sampler 2010-02-19T04:54:00Z The trouble for any artist whose success comes from mining a rich autobiographical seam of misery is all too familiar. Plan B: 'I love directing. But does my art change lives? I don't think it does' 2012-06-07T19:00:08Z Pushing back against the traumatic amnesia that followed a 1979 car accident, her work became more autobiographical. The New Season of Art: Looking Into the Past, and Beyond Our Shores 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z “A Frame in the Sky” reads like an autobiographical account of Jarrar’s own family experience of being forced to leave Kuwait after Iraq invaded in 1990. Irreverant stories of Arab-American women fill Randa Jarrar's 'Him, Me, Muhammad Ali' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” you might want to pick up the book our critic deemed its French counterpart: “The End of Eddy,” an autobiographical novel about growing up alienated and economically immobile in rural France. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Dyer insouciantly mixes fiction and nonfiction, smuggling invented bits into the seams of his reported essays and stitching long threads of transparently autobiographical material into his novels. Review: ‘White Sands’ Asks Why We Visit the Places We Do 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Williams was the first to admit that he wrote in an autobiographical vein. The shame and glory of Tennessee Williams in John Lahr's new book 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z A natural pairing this month combines two engaging autobiographical shows written by gifted actors looking back on their childhoods. Theater to Stream: ‘Broadway Backwards’ and Starry Readings 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Her acclaimed one-woman show, “Elaine Stritch: At Liberty,” which began at the Public Theater in 2001 and later moved to Broadway, combined smoky, inimitably phrased renditions of some favorite songs with autobiographical reminiscences. Elaine Stritch, vivid stage and screen personality, dies at 89 One of the few songs on the album with an autobiographical element is Give It All Back, which tells the story of a young band playing their first gig in school assembly. Noah and the Whale, and Bukowski 2011-02-11T09:52:36Z Part polemic, part autobiographical, Ehrenreich – who holds a PhD in cellular immunology – casts a skeptical, sometimes witty, and scientifically rigorous eye over the beliefs we hold that we think will give us longevity. When do you know you're old enough to die? Barbara Ehrenreich has some answers 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Jones adapted the notion of “revolutionary suicide” from Huey Newton’s autobiographical account of the early days of the Black Panther Party and his personal crusade against American imperialism and racism. The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s not autobiographical, but I think a lot of the experiences in the film are similar to experiences people I know have had. Examining the Regrettably Modern Marriage of Leo Tolstoy and Sophia Tolstaya 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Not in the sense that it’s autobiographical or introspective: it’s about her person, her body, how the world sees it, how she sees it, who feels they have the right to it. Review: Inside Amy Schumer Makes the Personal Parodic 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z I've heard him read an excerpt, which I thought was very good – he says this novel should have been his first, because it is autobiographical in a way that his other novels are not. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Sunday includes a tribute to Lucille Clifton, an African-American poet and writer known for her frequently autobiographical poems, who died in February. Urban Beat for Poetry Festival 2010-10-05T22:37:00Z Were you ever tempted to get into the James Taylor thing of autobiographical songs? David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z “Real loves outlives teenage lust,” Duritz sings in “Palisades Park,” an eight-minute tune of autobiographical reflection and tales of urban life in the late 1970s. New Recordings: Counting Crows, ‘Somewhere Under Wonderland' (Capitol) 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z That story is among the most autobiographical of the bunch, Ms. Heiny said. Katherine Heiny’s Road to ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow’ 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z So it’s not autobiographical; it’s like an alternate reality. ‘The Idol’ Creators: ‘This Is Not Going to Be for Everybody’ 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The film will be based on de Musset's autobiographical novel which chronicles his tumultuous love affair with French writer Georges Sand. Pete Doherty takes dance lessons for French film 2010-12-20T14:25:55Z In previous interviews Allen has resisted any autobiographical interpretation to this, calling it a useful plot mechanism. Woody Allen: 'My wife hasn't seen most of my films... and she thinks my clarinet playing is torture' 2011-03-13T00:05:42Z Though Ai’s work was determinedly not autobiographical, its concern with disenfranchised people was informed, she often said, by her own fractional heritage. Ai, an Unflinching Poetic Channel of Hard Lives, Dies at 62 2010-03-28T02:20:00Z And its main character, Jake Hannaford, the waning director, seemed so autobiographical that many people close to the production assumed Welles would be playing him. Review: ‘Orson Welles’s Last Movie,’ by Josh Karp 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z This makes his least autobiographical book his most personal. Mohsin Hamid 2013-03-26T19:07:18Z “My affinity has always been toward sculpting the earth,” she wrote in her autobiographical book, “Boundaries,” published in 2000, “This impulse has shaped my entire body of work.” In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Through her autobiographical novel “Little Women,” Alcott showed what it was like to be a professional author with her “genius cap” on, scribbling away in a loud and bustling home. Six female writers’ homes you can tour, including the one where Alcott penned ‘Little Women’ 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “My life required explication,” Hudes writes in “My Broken Language,” her autobiographical new play at the Signature Theater. ‘My Broken Language’ Review: Piecing Together a Life of Many Dialects 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z That autobiographical likeness — also a feature of Mr. Arbery’s “Plano” — gives “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” an aura of absolute authenticity. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z In the last several years, she’s been painting new, more personal, even autobiographical group scenes, wonderful ones, but closer in spirit to the bad-dream world of James Ensor or Edvard Munch than to classical Greece. A Nicole Eisenman Midcareer Survey in Philadelphia 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Her listlessness reinforced my conclusion that Didion will be best remembered for her autobiographical nonfiction where she crisply parses and delineates her feelings and observations. Review | A new collection of Joan Didion’s work reminds us that she is her most memorable character 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z It is the most personal of Washburn's albums to date, with some starkly autobiographical lyrics alluding to troubled teen years. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z When asked how much of "Book" is autobiographical, Cain answered firmly, "All of it." A family adored, now captured in drama at Rep 2012-01-12T22:45:41Z Producer Jeffrey Seller said: "People ask if it's autobiographical. The only real answer is I think it's emotionally autobiographical but it's not autobiographical. There's no rock singer in The Last Ship. " Sting musical finds Broadway home 2014-02-13T10:15:51Z But she has resisted acknowledging another autobiographical detail as more than mere coincidence: She has a younger biological sister from whom she is estranged. In ‘Heart Strings,’ the Ties That Bind a Family (and a Culture) 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Andrea Savage checks her biological clock in the season finale of her autobiographical comedy. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘I’m Sorry’ and ‘Funeral Directors: Dead Good Job’ 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Knausgaard is, of course, the Norwegian writer who beginning about a decade ago unburdened himself of six fat autobiographical novels, the “My Struggle” series, that are justifiably among the literary landmarks of our age. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Essays Struggle With Big Ideas 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z I might use autobiographical details at times, but any extrapolation beyond that has no meaning to the work or to me or anything else. Noah Baumbach Knows What You’re Thinking 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z He was raised by his grandmother there after moving from the Dominican Republic as a child; his autobiographical show “¡Oye! For My Dear Brooklyn,” from 2018, supplied much of that back story. ‘Taxilandia’ Review: The Mouth is Running, but Not the Meter 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z When she’s not soaring through a Los Angeles planetarium with her dance partner, or being humiliated at an emotional screen test, Mia Dolan takes fate into her own hands and creates an autobiographical one-woman show. He’s Channeling Emma Stone. But This Ain’t ‘La La Land.’ 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The longtime actor made the film "Honey Boy" an autobiographical tale of his abusive father and how they struggled while he was a Disney Channel childstar. Why do some celebrities pretend to have struggling, working-class backgrounds? 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z That autobiographical echo is a clue to “Grant Park,” which is a combination of historical and contemporary fiction. ‘Grant Park’ review: A novel about America’s continuing racial divide 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z In his recent autobiographical novel “Homeland Elegies,” the American writer Ayad Akhtar reflects on the complex meanings of the “Satanic Verses” controversy for Muslim readers and writers, including himself. The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most autobiographical song is “Earthquake Driver,” Duritz’ reflection on his life after the band’s first torrent of success following “August and Everything After,” the band’s 1993 debut album. New Recordings: Counting Crows, ‘Somewhere Under Wonderland' (Capitol) 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Despite evident parallels to his own experience researching the film, however, Winterbottom stressed that the resulting feature is not a documentary of that experience and the character of Lang is not autobiographical. Kercher drama tackled on big screen 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z I’d been pushing it away because I didn’t want to write something that was autobiographical. “How accidentally a fate is made”: Ed Tarkington on love and its complications, the toll of mental and physical illness — and how dark episodes become the seeds of story 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Then, I read an autobiographical item, wherein he appeared w/o the shades, and I remembered him. A Solo Traveler’s Guide to Meeting People 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z “Fortunately my husband let me write the book,” Dunn says, adding that it’s awkward when colleagues on the lot assume “The Arrangement” is autobiographical. A special cocktail and the author as debutante: One way publishers sell books 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z There is probably some truth to that, but you’ve got to get into this oddly precise definition of “personal,” because it’s the farthest thing from autobiographical. D.I.Y. Sci-Fi: A Talk With Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z "Young Man's Game" is an autobiographical reflection on the band's 40-year tenure in music. Doobie Brothers are takin' it to country's streets 2011-03-04T23:36:40Z He was rehabilitated, commercially speaking, with the popular success of “Three Tall Women,” his most autobiographical play. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z This autobiographical novel follows a young gay boy’s coming-of-age in working-class France. New in Paperback: ‘Why Buddhism Is True,’ ‘The End of Eddy’ 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z If the movie is, as co-star Louis Garrel suggested, autobiographical, it would seem that the life of a French moviemaker is full of despair, alcohol and sleepless nights, but also plenty of passion. Cannes festival opens with genre-bending French drama sheltered from 'brutal' critics 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Based on a true story, this searing autobiographical novel, translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch, depicts a father struggling to cope with the tragic loss of his partner just as their daughter is born. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z On it, the singer offered frank autobiographical accounts of her experiences with gender reassignment, veering from acoustic ruminations to ripping, profane screeds. Pop & Rock Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Perhaps the story’s highly fictionalized but nevertheless autobiographical kernel prompted him to allow a glimmer of redemption to pierce his own heart of darkness. Neil LaBute's 'In a Dark Dark House' homes in on troubled past 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Christian argues there's an autobiographical element to Mission Drift. The Team: a theatre company who specialise in bursting American bubbles 2013-06-04T18:30:02Z You've said this book is not autobiographical, but how much of it is based on what you felt and experienced? Candace Bushnell: Author of Sex and the City and The Carrie Diaries 2010-05-07T09:00:00Z The two appearances bookended Carson’s splashiest TV appearance to date — an hour-long autobiographical promotional film that aired in early November and touched off speculation that Carson would soon declare his candidacy. Sinclair Broadcast Group gives a possible presidential contender a microphone 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z This isn't Henry's first autobiographical show; in 2003's So Much Things to Say, he worked with director Simon McBurney on a piece tracing his parents' journey from Jamaica to England. Critic's comedy choice 2011: Lenny Henry on tour 2011-01-03T07:59:01Z The first of seven autobiographical works, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Angelou’s most famous and critically acclaimed book. Maya Angelou's most notable books 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The ghosts of this most haunted of autobiographical O'Neill plays have been strangely banished. Even with Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne, 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' fails to connect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z His fourth book, “Map to the Stars,” is an autobiographical work that, like Lewis’, takes its inspiration from the visual arts — though not just high art. The challenge and joy of poetry by Robin Coste Lewis and Adrian Matejka 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Stronger Than the Wind A woman fights to keep her family afloat during a health crisis involving her newborn son in Alice Manning’s autobiographical solo play. L.A. theater openings, April 19-26: 'Side Show' and more 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z This descriptive work is autobiographical, the hero of the piece being the composer. Long-neglected music gets a fresh L.A. Phil spin at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z How autobiographical is the 12-pub pub crawl that drives the film? | Edgar Wright on the Autobiographical Inspirations Behind His Boozy Film 2013-08-22T21:05:22Z “Martin Eden” is an autobiographical artist’s novel — “I was Martin Eden,” London later wrote — and a didactic one. ‘Martin Eden’ Review: Reading and Writing His Way Out of the Pit 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Of all the films, it's his most autobiographical, he says. Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z “It’s not an autobiographical novel except in the sense that any mature novel reflects a lot of life experience,” Mr. Chinski said. New Novel From Jonathan Safran Foer Coming in September 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z While nothing quite reaches the dizzy heights of Antmusic, Shrink – a perhaps autobiographical romp about a man who needs medication to feel normal – is as riotous as he's sounded in three decades. Adam Ant: The Blueblack Hussar … – review 2013-01-17T21:01:02Z Eschewing any grand themes or narrative arcs, Firing Cheeseballs At A Dog is an hour of deliberately unconnected autobiographical stories. This week's new comedy 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z Even though Madonna famously settled the fictional debate by autographing a CD for Quentin Tarantino — "Quentin, it's about love, not d**k" — "Like a Virgin" is only autobiographical for songwriter Billy Steinberg. 25 famous songs with misunderstood meanings 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z To some degree autobiographical — the heroine, like her creator, lives in Sacramento — the movie is sharp, shrewd, funny and impeccably cast. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z There were autobiographical stories that chronicled her feverish and awkward early romances, her activism in the civil rights movement, her struggles as an artist and the dissolution of her marriage to Nina Collins’s estranged father. Kathleen Collins’s Short Stories Were Almost Lost to History 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Phalaris’s Bull: Solving the Riddle of the Great Big World L.A. premiere of molecular biologist and philosopher Steven Friedman’s autobiographical solo drama. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 12-19: 'Forever Plaid' and more 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “Yeah, yeah. The whole thing did start to feel really autobiographical,” Franco agrees with a laugh. James Franco: ‘I was certainly taking myself too seriously before. But who doesn’t?’ 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The first time I read Sylvia Plath’s autobiographical novel The Bell Jar, it was an emotional, chaotic experience. Meg Wolitzer: "The Bell Jar," "Belzhar," and My Debt to Sylvia Plath 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The first time Mr. Mayer saw Ms. Casel onstage, performing her autobiographical one-woman piece “While I Have the Floor” at the New York City Center in 2016, he recalled how she seemed to float. Ayodele Casel Is on Tap for ‘Funny Girl’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z So how does her autobiographical art relate to the selfie culture featured in the collection? No sensation: the new photo library of everyday trans life 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z The acerbic American joins forces with singer-songwriter Judith Owen on a darkly comic autobiographical show about mental illness and "the toxins of our time". Comedy for the year ahead 2011-01-03T08:00:04Z People started queuing at about 4 p.m., two hours before the scheduled start of Mr. Knausgaard’s second New York City event in three nights to promote his six-part autobiographical novel “My Struggle.” Knausgaard Tour Arrives in Manhattan 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z He recently scored his biggest-ever UK hit with the autobiographical paean to New York, Empire State Of Mind. 2010-02-16T08:37:00Z And a slave narrative was an autobiographical memoir written by someone who had been a slave and escaped to the North. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Talks 12 Years a Slave and The African Americans 2013-10-22T17:35:56Z The character of Nkechi, if not entirely autobiographical, clearly owes a great deal to Anyanwu herself, and her performance is persuasive and endearing. How do we shape memories of those we've lost? A friend's death triggers 'Good Grief' 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z One Mississippi places Notaro’s autobiographical character in sharp relief against characters who deal with grief in loopier manners than she ever would. How Low-Key Comedies Are Owning Fall TV 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z She wrote eight books and was known as a talented screenwriter with a keen ear for dialogue, but it was her autobiographical and semi-autobiographical work that left perhaps the largest mark. Carrie Fisher: A Look at Her Life Beyond ‘Star Wars’ 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s fun to watch Ms. Hopkins talk about going off the rails, and, if even some of the autobiographical elements are true, she speaks with authority. Review: ‘The Alcoholic Movie Musical!’ Goes Down Easy 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z To some indecipherable extent, the emotional energy here is autobiographical: Glatt suffered a similar accident when she was a child and spent years in treatment. ‘The Nakeds’: A young, broken girl and her nudist family 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Manning’s signature work was “Weights,” an autobiographical one-man play about his rough childhood in L.A. and his blinding in a 1978 barroom shooting in Hollywood. Watts theater founder Lynn Manning: Blinded by bullet, inspired for the stage 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Samberg: It’s autobiographical in that the three of us have been friends since we were kids, and we have made songs together that are humorous. Lonely Island goes pop: The trio weighs in on weed, Macklemore and why Andy Samberg says “we were woke baes early” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Cheshire’s debut is a roiling storm of conflicting styles and artistic energy, fueled by the author’s autobiographical demons. Review: ‘The Children Act,’ by Ian McEwan puts beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses on trial You have to wonder if Nir Hezroni’s consistently unsettling novel “Last Instructions” — about a rogue former Israeli intelligence agent bent on revenge — isn’t a little bit autobiographical. Review | ‘Last Instructions’ echoes ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ — with a modern twist 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Take “The New One,” Mr. Birbiglia’s autobiographical postpartum solo show at the Cherry Lane Theater is at first excruciatingly funny and then just kind of excruciating. Review: Mike Birbiglia Has a ‘New One.’ It’s Funny Until It Isn’t. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Dalton assessed his voluminous output in an unpublished autobiographical sketch, explaining how his work had changed over the decades. David Dalton, Rock Writer Who Lived the Scene, Dies at 80 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z There’s an autobiographical component to Mr. Acconci’s plainly but potently worded monologues: When he’s breaking up with a girlfriend, names are named. Review: Vito Acconci Invites You to Watch Him as He Watches Us 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z There are some terrific stories in the book, among them an excerpt of an autobiographical comic by the Chicago-based Sam Sharpe. 5 artists to watch from 'The Best American Comics of 2014' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z His first credit was for some of the orchestrations for “Peg,” a 1983 autobiographical one-woman show starring the singer Peggy Lee. Don Sebesky, Arranger Who Helped Broaden Jazz’s Audience, Dies at 85 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z They refused its belief that painting is primarily meaningful as a unique, autobiographical product of an artist's gestural hand. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z And while the movie finally proves as much an autobiographical tale as a biographical one, Ms. Polley resists turning it into a flattering self-portrait of a young artist in search of her origins. Movie Review: ‘Stories We Tell,’ Written and Directed by Sarah Polley 2013-05-09T21:37:27Z Earlier installments in his symphony cycle capture his fascinations with mortality and the afterlife, as well as purely autobiographical anguish. Music Review: Daniel Harding Conducts New York Philharmonic in Mahler 2011-12-03T00:28:20Z This implies a certain amount of release, but even in its intimate, more directly autobiographical second half, the show does not deliver, or even aim for, easy catharsis. At Under the Radar, Family Histories Bubble Up With No Easy Answers 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The autobiographical stories here — set on buses, or on Grindr dates, or on the pitted streets of New York — are calibrated to blast away condescension and replace it with something closer to comprehension. ‘Dark Disabled Stories’ Review: When the World Isn’t Built for You 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z His novels sound autobiographical, yet his declared subject is a historical period that ended just before he was born. Patrick Modiano, winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, is a paradox His autobiographical 2004 solo, “The Measure of a Man,” which capped the evening, provided a clue as to why. Breathtaking ‘By the Inch’ at the American Dance Institute The Hunger Angel, just published by Portobello in a translation by Philip Boehm, is her least autobiographical novel. Herta Müller: a life in books 2012-11-30T22:55:01Z It feels autobiographical, the feeling that there's never a destination to the travelling and touring. Bard reputation: pop stars pick their favourite poets 2010-10-07T15:52:00Z Sometimes the autobiographical part — not the fiction part — seemed like the real shield. Elif Batuman’s Alter Ego Goes Back to College. Her Minor: Overthinking. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Readers of autobiographical works like “Pigeon Feathers,” “The Cantaur” and “Of The Farm” will remember how intense the mother-son relationship often is. Updike at Work: Letters, Postcards and Much More 2010-06-21T17:35:00Z I feel I should trawl through my diaries for another autobiographical novel, but I really can't be bothered as I feel a bit dizzy. Digested read: Liberation: Diaries Volume Three: 1970–1983, by Christopher Isherwood 2012-06-17T18:00:01Z “My mother’s way of starting a meal was to take a frozen steak out to the garage and cut it into pieces with my father’s band saw,” he wrote in an autobiographical essay. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z Yet this slight volume of meditations on love and loss is always eloquent, by turn poetic, philosophical and autobiographical. Mohamed El Bachiri: ‘Terrorists killed my wife: this is my jihad for love’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Charles Isherwood called the show a “bizarre combination of pop concert and autobiographical lament for the human condition” when it ran at Joe’s Pub in 2011. ArtsBeat: In Performance: Young Jean Lee of ‘We’re Gonna Die’ 2013-08-06T12:00:21Z The stories sound autobiographical but there’s no way to tell, no reason to tell, no directive to tell. SC prison holds writing program for prison inmates 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Though he means to keep the autobiographical painting to himself, Pace wonders if its purpose — a certain connective or explicating energy — might be lost. Percival Everett's 'So Much Blue' takes on art and secrets — and he doesn’t have the broad audience his writing deserves 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z In an autobiographical sketch on the book’s Web site, Alexandrov wrote: “I used to be an avid tennis player before I started to work on ‘The Black Russian.’ Why Tolstoy Took Up Tennis 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z She instead performs autobiographical solo shows and is a cabaret singer. What it’s like to do comedy when your dad is a legend 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z “Paradox of the Urban Cliché” is more ambitious and complex than “A Sucker Emcee,” the autobiographical solo show Mr. Grant, also known as muMs, performed this season at Labyrinth Theater Company. Review: In ‘Paradox of the Urban Cliché,’ Verse Melts Into Drama 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z His other award-winning books include an autobiographical book for teens, "Hole in My Head." 'Daisy' runs off with Caldecott and 'Dead End' takes Newbery 2012-01-28T06:24:08Z I guess in its essence The Wall was an autobiographical work about those central feelings and themes of my life. Back to The Wall 2010-05-27T08:42:00Z Notaro has yet to deliver much that isn’t partly or entirely autobiographical. Pamela Adlon goes on to ‘Better Things,’ while Tig Notaro revisits the same old thing 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z But "Violent Year" is also slyly autobiographical, offering a glimpse of a self-assured man who, nonetheless, was highly uncertain about his own path. Director J.C. Chandor follows the money in 'A Most Violent Year' 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “There’s a lot of autobiographical elements to my version of Aladdin,” said Green, who may or may not be kidding. Macaulay Culkin: 'Aladdin is a passion project' 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z “Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself” is her most autobiographical book, she said, “and there’s a lot of me in Margaret.” Starring Judy Blume as Herself 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Their new CD, “Biographies,” consists of song-portraits of 13 people, plus one autobiographical number, delivered in intricate harmonies accompanied by the Bobs’ trademark mouth percussion. The Bobs celebrate the holidays with song-length ‘Biographies’ 2013-12-24T22:35:30Z These were all reasons I'd resisted "autobiographical" fiction in the past. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z If any of this sounds familiar, you may be remembering an autobiographical story called “Least Resistance,” which Harrison published in the Atlantic in 2009. ‘The Spark and the Drive,’ by Wayne Harrison In addition to his autobiographical jottings, Dexter Gordon was working late in his life on a treatment for a screenplay about the rise of bebop in the 1940s. A New Life of the Bebop Legend Dexter Gordon, Written by His Wife 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z West falls victim to a common autobiographical trap: he sometimes lists the names of friends who have kept him company over the years, on golf courses and fishing boats and at country club card games. NBA Legend Jerry West Opens Up In New Autobiography 2011-10-25T09:00:41Z Its ingenuity is signalled even by the casting alone: it stars Marc Maron as Jacob Malco, a jovial yet sardonic graphic novelist whose work is relentlessly, ruthlessly autobiographical and whose career is on a downswing. Eight Tales of Art and Sex in Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z These four short autobiographical pieces are beautifully written and give some insight into Munro's formation as a writer. Dear Life by Alice Munro – review 2012-11-08T08:01:01Z But “Walking With Ghosts,” his autobiographical one-man show at the Music Box Theater, directed by Lonny Price, finds him alone onstage, within a series of retreating golden frames. ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Review: Gabriel Byrne Roams His Past 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “I also feel that there’s a direct line from it to Knausgaard’s autobiographical novels, in which a lot of time is spent on not a lot happening.” ‘The Evenings,’ a Dutch Classic, Arrives in English. It Only Took 70 Years. 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z "This movie is not autobiographical in any way," Wright explains by way of introduction, taking her seat in a conference room at the Cannes film festival. Robin Wright: 'I'm in my 40s and I don't inject my face with Botox' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But I kept being reminded of that song as I read his latest collection of autobiographical essays and skits. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris – review 2013-04-27T10:00:02Z "People always ask if my stories are autobiographical," she nods. Helen Simpson: 'I stuffed it with sex and violence' 2010-05-28T06:00:00Z Created in the playfully autobiographical and genre-mixing style for which Valencia, a celebrated solo performer, is known, the project has become an exercise in working together as equals despite a generational divide. Performing and Creating as Equals Across the Age Gap 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z But the book contains both “explicitly autobiographical” and wholly fictional material, he said, an advantage of the novel form, which, as he puts it, is “capacious enough to hold the real and unreal.” 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Earlier this spring, they started a $39.99 membership program that includes T-shirts, message boards and other V.I.P. goodies, and will publish an “autobiographical self-help book” later this year. Grisly Murders and Serial Killers? Ooh, Tell Me More 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z His various writings, gathered together in this volume with an autobiographical commentary, confirm his place as one of the great pioneer artist-intellectuals of modern and postmodern society. Michael Bracewell's top 10 art books 2012-06-06T10:35:15Z Set in Donegal, Ireland, the autobiographical play chronicles the hard lives of the five adult Mundy sisters during the Great Depression, from the affectionate perspective of Michael, the son of one of the sisters. Busy director Sheila Daniels helms 'Dancing at Lughnasa' at Seattle Rep 2010-11-14T05:01:00Z That woman is Nanny, the beating heart of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s tender and vibrant autobiographical one-man show, “Lackawanna Blues,” which opened on Thursday night in a Manhattan Theater Club production at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater. ‘Lackawanna Blues’ Review: A Soulful Master Class in Storytelling 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Howells will weave into the piece his own autobiographical testimony, and hopes that members of the 35-strong audience will contribute memories, too. Art on the fringe: intimate performances at the Edinburgh festival 2011-08-13T09:00:01Z And yet he says the film is - like all his movies - autobiographical. Moretti mines his own life for Cannes papal drama 2011-05-16T10:35:09Z The 46-year-old comedian-actor said Wednesday that the latest installment of his one-man autobiographical shows will explore "how movies kind of became distractions" in his career as an artist. John Leguizamo focuses on Hollywood _ on Broadway 2010-12-30T02:01:06Z In another work she uses the actual circular paper scraps mixed into paint to create a strangely shaped autobiographical work referencing time she spent in Japan. Review | They’re women, they’re black and they don’t make art about that 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Even as we laugh, our minds turn to Tom, the narrator of Williams’s autobiographical drama “The Glass Menagerie,” which for the moment bears a different title. Review: In ‘The Gentleman Caller,’ a Talky Tennessee Williams 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The novel — which its publisher describes as autobiographical, though not as memoir — takes the form of a diary or journal. Love, Icelandically: On Oddny Eir's novel 'Land of Love and Ruins' 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Though nothing else in it is as directly autobiographical as the boyhood clip, Mr. Dunne’s career and artistic development are very much at issue. Dance Review: For Colin Dunne, Life After ?Riverdance? 2011-10-21T21:30:31Z Not according to Mullan, who describes Neds as "personal but not autobiographical" and says he was a "total tourist" in a gang for a year or so. First sight: Connor McCarron 2010-10-07T22:20:00Z So I think autobiographical stuff is all thrown in a blender and mixed around and evenly distributed amongst all three kids. 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway on Making the World Safer for Trans People 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z But every autobiographical film is, almost by definition, a genre unto itself: a layer cake of feeling, memory, imagination and score-settling for which no recipe exists. ‘The Hand of God’ Review: A Portrait of the Cineaste as a Young Man 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z The films are not autobiographical, but I used the essence of her life and opened it up. From Israel, a Drama That Started a National Debate About Divorce 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Out this month, this loosely autobiographical novel is a summing-up near the end of a big, wide, productive life. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Which makes sense, when you consider Toews' autobiographical source material: Toews grew up in a Mennonite society, and her father and sister committed suicide. A' life-affirming romp through death in 'All My Puny Sorrows' 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “What the Constitution Means to Me,” Heidi Schreck’s autobiographical play that uses a childhood speech and debate competition to explore the treatment of gender in American legal history, will transfer to Broadway this spring. ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ to Open on Broadway in March 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Though Pinter denied that the play was autobiographical, it's no coincidence that he broke off contact with his son Daniel around the time it was written – a mutual decision but no less painful for that. Harold Pinter's Moonlight at the Donmar 2011-04-01T10:54:25Z At least, that's what she wrote in her 1983 autobiographical novel "Heartburn," a book that is as much a lesson on hauling yourself out of heartache as it is on mastering the perfect vinaigrette. Finding comfort in food, a lesson from Nora Ephron’s "Heartburn" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z France A. Dumas fils La Dame aux Camelias easyreader David Coward It's a short and easy read - in part biographical and autobiographical. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z In addition to “Detroit Made,” the show included “California Stars,” a Wilco-Billy Bragg song featuring lyrics by Woody Guthrie, and “All the Roads,” a moving autobiographical tune. High-energy Seger concert taps decades of hits 2013-03-30T18:33:27Z The song is often seen as autobiographical and, somewhat repellently, its title has been used to describe both Lennon and his killer, Mark David Chapman. | 'Nowhere Boy': Lennon?s Teenage Years: Rocking and Roiling 2010-10-07T22:51:00Z These themes were autobiographical and they were also social, often involving the experience of the factory and the assembly line. Remembering Philip Levine 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z It's very autobiographical, and there's a brother on the show who's sort of modeled on me, except he's gay. Christopher Noxon on being a 'domestic first responder' and 'Plus One' 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Nicole Byer is the latest comedian to have a marginally autobiographical show about a young performer trying to make her way in the entertainment biz, with the help of a few weirdo sidekicks. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Queen Sugar’ and ‘Atlanta’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Q: Was this an autobiographical film for you? Actress Lake Bell finds her directorial voice "In A World" 2013-01-23T13:06:30Z Its presence is autobiographical in Ms. Akunyili’s big collage paintings in which two figures, a black woman and a white man, recur: portraits of the artist and her American husband. Art In Review: ‘PRIMARY SOURCES’: ‘Artists in Residence 2011-12’ 2012-07-19T21:32:31Z It is also one of the many places that he fondly reminisces about in his autobiographical show. Tour the Old Steel Town at the Center of ‘Lackawanna Blues’ 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z But it continues the fiercely autobiographical stance that distances Wilson from most modern country artists in all the right ways. Review: Wilson continues to chart own musical path 2013-04-01T14:27:15Z One of the film's more interesting features are the mini-interviews that punctuate it, with autobiographical commentary from airheads supposedly drawn from real-life. Frothy "Heartbeats" fun, if not taken too seriously 2010-05-18T04:35:00Z There is an important paradox here that I would like to stress: the greater the autobiographical content of a fiction writer's work, the smaller its superficial resemblance to the writer's actual life. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z Kerrigan is candid about how autobiographical the film is, why it took eight and a half years to make, and what it was like to watch Carlyle transform into his father. Film Weekly meets Justin Kerrigan and goes to Lourdes 2010-04-08T12:35:00Z But no scholarship has yet to contextualize the painful event as a means to reinterpret two of Plath's most autobiographical poems, "The Rabbit Catcher" and "Thalidomide." How Sylvia Plath’s secret miscarriage transforms our understanding of her poetry 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “The 400 Blows” was a pioneering example of an autobiographical film. From Teenage Rebel to Dying King, Jean-Pierre Léaud and a Life Lived on Film 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z After moving to Los Angeles in 1989, she developed “Pretty Fire,” the first of her celebrated autobiographical one-woman shows, in two of the city’s 99-seat theaters. Stage actors' wage fight pits Tim Robbins against Charlayne Woodard 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Because Amy Tan has been so outspoken about her mother's influence on "The Joy Luck Club," many readers have come to assume it was autobiographical. 10 famous authors and their moms 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Lemon has said in interviews that the piece is to some extent autobiographical, but with him there is nothing simplistic about the translation from life to art. The Week Ahead: Oct. 10 ? 16 2010-10-08T13:44:00Z The filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón’s autobiographical movie “Roma” — his first feature since he won best director for his 2013 drama “Gravity” — will be the centerpiece of the New York Film Festival this fall. Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’ Will Play the New York Film Festival 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The show is the latest installment in a long-running autobiographical project that includes “Latin Standards,” about her father. Theater Streams See Stars Pop Up in Unexpected Places 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Sometimes, Platt — a former actor — is involved before filming begins, helping writers turn harrowing autobiographical material into scripts. A New Must-Have for TV and Movie Shoots: Therapists 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z "There need never be a dull moment," she admitted in a rare autobiographical piece describing her difficult feelings about India by the time she left it. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala obituary 2013-04-03T15:24:01Z All Made Up is Galloway's second autobiographical work, following on from her early years memoir This Is Not About Me, which was published in 2008. Janice Galloway 'anti-memoir' is named Scottish book of the year 2012-08-18T08:39:25Z For the most part, this thoughtful and ambitious biography remains focused on Ms. Didion’s writing, using her life to shed light on her highly autobiographical work. Review: ‘The Last Love Song,’ a Biography of Joan Didion 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The connection between the movie Chris dreams up and the one she’s in seems both elusive and obvious, as do the possible autobiographical implications of “Bergman Island.” ‘Bergman Island’ Review: Love Among the Cinephiles 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z You might be getting it confused with Everybody Hates Chris, the autobiographical sitcom based on the formative years of Chris Rock. How celebrity childhood sitcoms are taking over TV 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Perhaps because Lenker uses her breathy soprano to deliver lyrics that seem to be obliquely autobiographical, her compositions are often termed “folk.” Review | Big Thief transcends ‘folk’ at 9:30 Club 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z That effort led to her 1974 debut, “Cleaned Out,” a deeply autobiographical novel that she worked on in secret from her husband, who belittled her writing. Annie Ernaux’s Work Dissecting the Deeply Personal Is Awarded the Nobel 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Abrams, as executive producer of an autobiographical series about his rise to prominence in the 1980s club scene. RuPaul on Identity in the Trump Era: ‘Don’t Pick Battles With Your Allies’ 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Kerouac’s first published novel, is the autobiographical story of his Massachusetts family’s gradual decline. Making “Manhattan Beach” 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “I Contain Multitudes” is surprisingly autobiographical in parts. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s not the only autobiographical piece of “Russian Doll,” but it’s the one most worthy of being a highlight. Natasha Lyonne Has a New Life. It’s Just That She Keeps Dying. 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z This is one of the autobiographical aspects of the story. This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Confessions of a Mormon Boy Return of Steven Fales’ autobiographical solo show about growing up in the church and coming out as a gay man. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 22-March 1: 'Confessions of a Mormon Boy' and more 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Synonyms is an exaggerated autobiographical piece about a man who refuses to speak his native Hebrew, clutching a French phrasebook as he rebuilds his life. Soldiers, survivors and lovable rogues: the new wave of Jewish cinema 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The critic Adam Kirsch, writing in The Times Book Review in 1999, noted, accurately enough, that “in his autobiographical essays he goes out of his way to tell us that he is essentially a peasant.” Critic?s Notebook: Making Rare Appearance: People and Their Appetites 2011-08-10T04:28:58Z The autobiographical hero of Green's Caught confesses: "all that was real to him was his death in a matter of days". The Love-charm of Bombs by Lara Feigel – review 2013-01-20T09:00:03Z But his work experience left him completely unprepared for playing the male lead in “Years Ago,” an autobiographical play by Ruth Gordon. Gordon Pinsent, Actor Known for Playing Twinkle-Eyed Rogues, Dies at 92 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z This works quite well in the first part of the show, before the intermission, as I imagine it did in an earlier autobiographical Bengsons work, “100 Days,” about the first months of the couple’s marriage. Review: The Chaos Beneath the Chorale in ‘The Lucky Ones’ 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z He is the autobiographical element in that I have gone through what he has gone through — the coming out process, being rejected, all of that. Can a literary thriller heal divides? Silas House’s “Southernmost” isn’t preaching to eit... 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z In most cases, though, dramatists subsume autobiographical material or research experience into a fictional character of the sort that Alan Bennett once described as "the writer in disguise". Authors in search of a character: when playwrights stage themselves 2013-02-11T16:09:45Z Better, then, to divorce the series inspired by James Herriot’s autobiographical novels from its 1940s Yorkshire setting. Peaky Blinders take Chicago! Which British shows deserve a US spin-off? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z It is not as if either you or I have ever written books in which the characters have been named after ourselves or are in any way autobiographical. Here and Now: Letters by Paul Auster & JM Coetzee – digested read 2013-05-26T13:00:02Z Some of your songs are autobiographical, and others read more like stories. Jewel on Coping With Heartache: ‘I Peel Off Every Scab and Stick My Finger in Them’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z We shouldn't be surprised – autobiographical writing about theatre is typically a blend of myth and memory. Stage to page: do books about theatre ever live up to the real thing? 2011-02-24T13:11:19Z But that could change after watching this versatile actor and provocative writer’s performance in “Ghetto Klown,” his latest autobiographical one-man Broadway show, now at the Lyceum Theater. James Brown and Al Pacino, Salsa Added 2011-04-10T00:51:52Z Following her groundbreaking autobiographical of the documentary "Prodigal Sons," Kimberly Reed is back with her Sundance award-winning new film "Dark Money." Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of “Dark Money” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z It is not autobiographical, insists Hegemann somewhat unconvincingly, but similar to her own life, telling the story of Mifti, who has been abandoned. Helene Hegemann: 'There's no such thing as originality, just authenticity' 2012-06-23T23:05:24Z It’s a somewhat baffling confession coming from a man whose name has become synonymous with literary excess, a writer whose six-volume autobiographical novel, “My Struggle,” obliterated the usual distinctions between literature and life. In Searching Essays, Knausgaard Extols the Freedom and Limitations of Art 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z As it happened, he was naturally gifted with an angel’s hand and his editing of sources was substantial: He pared away what he didn’t need and added his own increasingly autobiographical content. Arshile Gorky’s Art of Bliss Remembered 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Angelou produced five subsequent autobiographical volumes, avoiding distractions during her writing days by retreating to hotel rooms, where she removed art from the walls. Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86 Or, to propose only one alternative, is it a meditation on ultimate beginnings and endings that frames an autobiographical rendering of middle-class life in postwar Waco, Tex.? Arts & Leisure: Debated Movies: ?The Tree of Life,? ?The Future,? ?The Help? 2011-08-25T15:03:08Z Obama has told the story himself in two autobiographical books. Q&A with David Remnick, author of 'The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama' 2010-04-14T21:15:00Z Where autobiographical writing by black men is concerned, perhaps no figure looms as large as James Baldwin’s stepfather, David Baldwin. Review | How a young writer emerged from a troubled past to a Pulitzer 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Joseph’s poems do not, of course, always speak directly in their author’s voice — even or especially when they seem most autobiographical. Thinking About Empire and Economy, With a Poet’s Mind and a Lawyer’s Words 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Before the season’s official opening, LCT3 is hosting an engagement of Young Jean Lee’s “We’re Gonna Die,” an autobiographical rock concert featuring the playwright and the band Future Wife, from Aug. 5 to 17. ArtsBeat: New Play by Pulitzer Winner To Be Part of LCT3 Season 2013-07-10T18:58:30Z But school looms large in this autobiographical set. Greg Davies ? review 2011-03-22T19:31:00Z In the 2014 edition of the reference work Contemporary Authors Online, an autobiographical statement from Ms. Moody illuminates both her departure from the civil rights movement and her comparative silence as a writer: Anne Moody, Author of ‘Coming of Age in Mississippi,’ Dies at 74 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z It hasn’t been hard to discern the autobiographical impulse in Ms. Chast’s work. Books of The Times: A Memoir by Roz Chast, in Words and Cartoons 2014-05-05T21:26:43Z Mr. Abrahams published his final book, the autobiographical “The Black Experience in the 20th Century,” in 2000. Peter Abrahams, whose novels detailed South Africa’s racial injustice, dies at 97 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “Songs of Innocence” is U2’s most specifically autobiographical album; its titles include “Cedarwood Road,” where Bono grew up, and “Iris,” named after his mother, who died when he was young. U2’s Flight to Now (Turbulence Included) 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z It is loosely autobiographical, composed of fragments of her own childhood and the lives of girls she grew up with in the borough. A Performance Artist Testing the Limits of Her Own Endurance 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In 1965 she was appearing in a Warsaw production of Arthur Miller's autobiographical play After the Fall, in the role apparently based on Marilyn Monroe. Elzbieta Czyzewska obituary 2010-07-07T17:07:00Z My father became too sick to want to read an autobiographical novel about the Holocaust, and so it didn’t happen. The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z As Mitchell showed in “The Bone Clocks” and his autobiographical novel “Black Swan Green,” he’s one of the most charming and poignant recorders of adolescence. David Mitchell’s ‘Slade House’: A ghost story that began haunting Twitter 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z This transgender singer, born Tom Gabel, hit the road on a small East Coast tour in August, when she offered stripped-down takes on bracing, autobiographical accounts of gender reassessment. Pop & Rock Listings for May 2-8 2014-05-01T21:55:59Z The “Daily Show” host narrates his autobiographical essay collection about growing up the son of a white father and a black mother in apartheid-era South Africa. Hear Hear! Audiobooks that are not to be missed 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z You could also consider the rehashing of certain stories and themes as part of a large-scale autobiographical enterprise. ‘The Old Man & the Pool’ Review: Wading Into Mike Birbiglia’s Comfort Zone 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The personal origins of this faith become apparent in the lovely autobiographical essays of the collection’s opening section, “Reflections.” Review | Claire Messud has an antidote to our current polarized isolation 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Women are more apt to — I don’t want to say air their dirty laundry, but show themselves and work on autobiographical themes more easily than men. Where Women and Artists of Color Set the Tone 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s obviously not arrogance: Binet is nothing if not self-deprecating in his autobiographical cameos. Assassination Fascination: A Review of Laurent Binet's Prize-Winning HHhH 2012-04-25T10:45:49Z Rosenblitt doesn’t attempt a general assessment of his autobiographical war novel, “The Enormous Room”; an odd omission, since that book is the main reason people associate him with the war at all. An American Poet Shaped by the Futility and Sadism of War 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Allen did, however, concede that at least one aspect of his own life was reflected in Alvy: “There’s one clear autobiographical fact in the picture,” he said in 1977. Woody Allen's Annie Hall voted funniest screenplay ever written 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Yes, there are plenty of autobiographical moments in Hughes' teen films, but he was a lot less interested in his own youth than he was in those of contemporary teenagers. Why I'd like to be ... Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The settings are autobiographical, but the characters are not. Devendra Banhart: 'I love almost every Britpop band' 2013-03-21T22:37:54Z Mr. Jones’s version puts him at a desk onstage, reading his own series of mostly autobiographical stories, as his troupe’s nine members surround him. Bill T. Jones Will Be Onstage in His New Work, ?Story/Time? 2012-01-18T20:12:35Z She notices how most of them rely on autobiographical expression and how they like to use materials others deem worthless. 7 female artists you don’t know — but should 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The Austrian cartoonist Ulli Lust’s first graphic novel, “Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life,” was autobiographical; her second couldn’t be much less so. The Latest in Graphic Novels 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z An autobiographical tale of female empowerment, it’s told from too great an emotional remove, with more obfuscation than is helpful. Finding Some Treasures at FringeNYC 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The wackily homespun aesthetic of Michel Gondry's movies has always been a powerful part of their charm; this autobiographical film about his family goes some way to explain the genesis of his style. The Thorn in the Heart ? review 2010-12-09T22:26:00Z Beyond presenting us with ideas, the brain’s default mode also facilitates a process called autobiographical planning, a neuroscientific term which refers to what our mind does when we daydream. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It is tempting to read this as gloriously petty and purely autobiographical. Remembering Charles Aznavour, the Last and Greatest Troubadour 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z An autobiographical novel based on the wild stories of intrigue and adventure that the author’s grandfather told as he was dying. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Born in Baltimore in 1929, Rich was the elder of two daughters of a Jewish father and a Protestant mother — a mixed heritage that she recalled in her autobiographical poem “Sources.” Adrienne Rich, Feminist Poet and Essayist, Dies 2012-03-28T22:26:45Z He debuted his solo show “Hi, Are You Single?” just after college and has written several other pieces, all of them autobiographical. Four Rising Theater Stars to Watch This Spring 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s a fascinating mix of autobiographical anecdotes, an account of Keats’s life, and an analysis of some of his most famous poems. ‘Her Prose Is Sometimes Poetry’: Why Margaret Jull Costa Loves Virginia Woolf 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z That idea resonates with Mr. Logan in a profoundly autobiographical way. John Logan Comes to TV With Showtime’s ‘Penny Dreadful’ 2014-05-09T21:52:11Z John Carney’s 2016 movie, which A. O. Scott described as “an autobiographical tribute to Dublin, hair gel and the power of lip-syncing,” arrives Off Broadway. 11 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Callahan doesn’t provide an autobiographical key to any of these changes, except to talk about them as a result of sharpening his method, and slightly relaxing the limitations he has placed on himself. Music: He Can Sing It, if Not Speak It 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z Calling the archive “a spine for all Mr. Barney’s work in all mediums,” Ms. Temkin said, “He is a very enigmatic artist, and this is very autobiographical.” Inside Art: Matthew Barney Series Now Has Two Homes 2010-05-13T21:49:00Z “The Souvenir Part II”: Even better than part one, Joanna Hogg’s sequel to her deeply autobiographical drama is simply one of the most sublime portraits of an artist as a young filmmaker there is. ‘Lost Daughter,’ ‘Licorice Pizza’ top AP’s best 2021 films 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z I Know You Know is a turbulent, treacherous enterprise, at once unrefined and overthought; a great splurge of autobiographical unburdening. Film review: I Know You Know 2010-04-08T22:00:00Z Typical of Griffin's artful and searching work, she eschews autobiographical narratives for oblique references to nature and the joy, pain and transcendent values of everyday life, all delivered with her powerful, subtly emotional voice. Review: Patty Griffin scores with 'American Kid' 2013-05-08T14:04:09Z In , Oz created an autobiographical masterpiece in which history intervened on every page. Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz - review 2011-08-05T09:00:03Z And Ms. Dunham, who made her reputation with an independent, highly autobiographical movie, “Tiny Furniture,” makes great comedy out of her own shortcomings. Television Review: Lena Dunham?s ?Girls? Begins on HBO 2012-04-12T18:49:02Z When Comic Book Guy meets a woman writing an autobiographical manga, he seeks Homer’s advice on dating. Sunday TV Picks: ‘True Detective’ on HBO 2014-01-08T22:01:32Z Born in Baltimore in 1929, Rich was the elder of two daughters of a Jewish father and a Protestant mother - a mixed heritage that she recalled in her autobiographical poem "Sources." Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies 2012-03-28T22:34:09Z Well, my first book was an autobiographical novel, and so I think it was an easier transition for me to move to nonfiction. "Survival Math" author Mitchell Jackson reckons with his "All-American" life 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z She began making films in the 1970s, some comically autobiographical and others that explored tortured conceptions of the female form. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94 2014-05-09T05:29:35Z Unable to cast their third play, “Inherit the Wind,” Mr. Buffman and other producers instead staged “Peg,” an autobiographical one-woman show starring Peggy Lee. Zev Buffman, Prolific Theatrical Producer, Is Dead at 89 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The most impressive stunt in “One Night With Joan,” a lighthearted, unrevealing autobiographical compendium of reminiscences and remarks, accompanied by dimly projected film clips and slides, is gymnastic: a down-to-floor split. Cabaret Review: A ?Dynasty? Diva Regales Us With Her Own Life Stories 2010-11-23T23:59:00Z Some of those life details along with some other high and low points, the hiring and firing, have been revealed elsewhere, including an autobiographical sketch he wrote for The Times in 2002. Film: The New Directors/New Films Series Begins 2010-03-23T22:03:00Z But they have only ever appeared on stage together three times: first in a version of Godber's autobiographical drama September in the Rain; and again in 1992's intimate two-hander April In Paris. Acting married: thespian relationships in the spotlight | Alfred Hickling 2010-03-23T14:04:00Z Winehouse “was articulate in front of the camera, her music was directly autobiographical,” he said. How a Director Uncovered Whitney Houston’s Secret Pain 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The film is not autobiographical: she researched cruising spots, looked into gay dating sites, used her imagination. Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z It is a litany of specifically autobiographical desolation that ends on a slightly twisted, very funny high note: “I try to smile/Remembering Jackie/At Aristotle Onassis’s funeral.” Rene Ricard: ‘Remember’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Things took a turn for the better when William Maxwell, an editor at The New Yorker, published several of his autobiographical sketches, which evolved into “Emblems of Conduct.” Donald Windham, Novelist and Memoirist, Dies at 89 2010-06-04T05:37:00Z The autobiographical novel seems almost anachronistic, like something from the days when lederhosen-wearing poets declaimed at open windows. What they're reading in Germany 2011-03-18T12:29:32Z The expectation that fiction is autobiographical is understandable for the simple reason that so much of it is. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Though autobiographical in style and substance, it is almost indistinguishable from his stories, in keeping with Mr. Salter’s often-stated refusal to believe in the “arbitrary separation” of fact and fiction. James Salter, a ‘Writer’s Writer’ Short on Sales but Long on Acclaim, Dies at 90 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Partly, this is due to a relative paucity of autobiographical material in the Stoker archives. ‘Something in the Blood’ offers plenty of speculation about ‘Dracula’ author 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Chase, 67, said the movie is immensely personal, but he stopped short of calling it autobiographical, despite his stint playing drums in a band as a teenager. Creator of "Sopranos" back with rock'n'roll tale 2012-10-08T20:45:27Z Only “To the Bone” is explicitly autobiographical — and then it’s only semi-autobiographical, with several invented characters and scenes — but all of these projects are deeply personal. ‘Dietland’ is Violent, Disruptive and Surreal. And Funny. 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z A loosely autobiographical tale about a boy growing up in Barbados amid labor and social unrest, it also drew on Mr. Lamming’s extensive readings in existentialist thought. George Lamming, Who Chronicled the End of Colonialism, Dies at 94 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Hadn’t Ms. Schumer already sold a book of autobiographical essays for seven figures two years ago? For Amy Schumer, Multimillion-Dollar Book Deal Is All in the Timing 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z A special jury award was given to Afghan director Hassan Fazili for the autobiographical “Midnight Traveler” which was actually filmed by his whole family. Winning documentary portrays Israeli human rights lawyer 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Whispered and more boldly enunciated fragments of Mr. Auster’s autobiographical stories were layered surrealistically in the opening section, heralding a narrative that unfolded amid alluring instrumental sonorities and electronics. Music in Review: OLGA NEUWIRTH 2012-12-09T23:10:24Z In 2013, he spent eight months writing “Condemned,” an autobiographical book that details his experience from the day of the uprising through his time on death row. Jazz Freed Keith LaMar’s Soul. Can It Help Him Get Off Death Row? 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Achebe writes in the realist tradition and there are often traces of the autobiographical in his work. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z Sometimes I put it through characters and I use stories that aren’t so specifically autobiographical. Matt Berninger has always been funny: “I actually think The National’s stuff has more humor than people pay attention to” 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The story of how this autobiographical novel evolved is almost as remarkable as the story of how its debut author survived. Review | Nico Walker is a convicted bank robber. ‘Cherry’ proves he’s also a must-read author. 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The work of the provocateur Catherine Breillat often has an autobiographical bent. When Women Filmmakers Get to Tell Their Origin Stories 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Her musical life, which she has advertised as autobiographical since her first single, "Tim McGraw," four years ago, depends on her version of truth telling. Taylor Swift is angry, darn it 2010-10-23T00:16:00Z The catalog is virtually an artist’s book, laden with pertinent essays and treats, including three seemingly autobiographical posts from Mr. Prince’s blog, Bird Talk. Richard Prince’s New, Late Style Is One of His Best 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Grimms' Words will certainly mark the end of my autobiographical writings. G?nter Grass writes final autobiography 2010-08-24T13:25:00Z His autobiographical A Fish in the Water chronicles his unsuccessful run for president of Peru in 1990. Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel Prize in Literature Goes with a Well-Known Name 2010-10-07T16:10:00Z The show features live actors within a landscape of original videos concocted from cop flicks, documentaries and autobiographical accounts of police work by those who've been in the trenches. A theatrical cop-land, from an officer's perspective 2011-11-10T20:55:38Z Wallace references suicide twice in his speech, but it’s facile to think that he was foreshadowing his eventual demise — or that he intended the speech to be autobiographical at all. Congratulations, by the way: David Foster Wallace, George Saunders and fighting the TED Talks-ization of commencement speeches 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z Many of Walpole’s stories do feel distinctly autobiographical. He met Hitler, was mocked by Maugham, but what of Hugh Walpole’s books? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Two lively autobiographical works: In the first the Thai writer and musical prodigy becomes the “ghost composer” for a Washington politico; in the second, an unexpected midlife epiphany leads to a Buddhist monastery. Review | Forget trendy bestsellers: This best books list takes you off the beaten track 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Fosse was the exacting mind behind the angular movements and bowler hats of “Chicago,” the brutally autobiographical “All That Jazz” and the dark punch of the film “Cabaret.” Go behind the dancing to see what fueled FX’s ‘Fosse/Verdon’ 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z In August, Nico Walker’s autobiographical novel “Cherry,” a Tyrant project sold to Knopf, met rapturous acclaim for its account of a decorated Iraq War medic’s metamorphosis into a heroin-shooting bank robber. Review | ‘Welfare’ offers a sly critique of public assistance — and capitalism 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Broadway debut Music and lyrics for the autobiographical musical “The Last Ship,” which begins performances Sept. 29 at the Neil Simon Theater. My First Time (It’s a Little Scary) 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Those who follow Sedaris’s autobiographical writing, which has softened and become more emotional and self-reflective in recent years, will recall that the author and his father have long had a contentious relationship. David Sedaris, Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z I had a big piece in the Wall Street Journal which was more autobiographical, about how you make psychological contracts with your partner. Forget the fights over housework: How couples who both work make it work 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z He said everything he did was autobiographical and a self portrait. Painter Lucian Freud dies aged 88 2011-07-22T09:09:42Z "You lay the autobiographical stuff down like wine," she said later. Obituary: Elizabeth Jane Howard 2014-01-02T19:26:16Z But his latest thought is to write a loosely autobiographical drama about the Belfast he grew up in during the 1960s, at the beginning of the Troubles. Kenneth Branagh: wallowing in Wallander 2012-06-17T17:00:01Z It’s humane and humble, and maybe the most naked Jay-Z song ever, though over the years he’s excelled at slipping painful autobiographical details into unlikely places. ArtsBeat: New Music: Jay-Z Featuring B.I.C. 2012-01-09T21:54:35Z In his own day, and for more than a century-and-half after his death, nobody treated Shakespeare’s works as autobiographical.” John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’: One writer’s beginnings 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z His unforgettable autobiographical essay collections, written in just the last quarter-century — works such as “Barrel Fever,” “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” — have become modern classics. David Sedaris on his new book, 'Theft by Finding' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z This charming autobiographical novel follows a man born in a country that no longer exists as he delves into his memories to understand what home means to him. December paperback releases: 7 books to read now 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Most ambitious of all, she’s become a producer, striving to adapt “The Bell Jar,” the autobiographical novel by the poet Sylvia Plath, into a feature film. ?Dexter? and ?Persephone? in Julia Stiles?s Second Phase 2010-07-18T03:12:00Z The two met and became a couple after Barnett was cast in “Honey Boy,” an autobiographical film about LaBeouf’s upbringing as a child actor that portrayed his father as abusive but loving. FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleging abusive relationship 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Beginners, as its title suggests, is about that favourite American theme of new starts, of reshaping the self, of embarking on fresh adventures after crises and life-changing experiences, and it is apparently closely autobiographical. Beginners ? review 2011-07-23T23:05:49Z “Of course, it’s autobiographical without really being an autobiographical piece,” he told me. Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Kristi says not all of the songs are autobiographical, but snapshots into a world that rebrands teen angst as a lesson about never underestimating your own feelings. Beabadoobee wants to show you she’s more than a viral TikTok song 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Dr Maya Angelou is best known for her autobiographical account of her childhood and teenage years in the book "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings". AUDIO: Maya Angelou on Whitney's legacy 2012-02-17T15:50:45Z For good reason Mr Lahr calls Williams “the most autobiographical of American playwrights”. Making Tenn out of Tom 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Of course, there is also an actual girl in Yeats's autobiographical picture at this time: Maud Gonne, who will later be compared to Helen of Troy. Poem of the week: The Sorrow of Love by WB Yeats 2010-08-09T09:17:00Z The result is an intense, compulsively readable book about the mystery of faith, seen from both an autobiographical and historical perspective. Can a chic Parisian intellectual also be a Christian? 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The narrator is named Alexandra — and Chang used to work at Wired — but leave the speculation about how much of this story is autobiographical to another reader. These Debuts Arrived at a Tough Time. They Deserve Your Attention. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The play that emerged, Behud, was always going to be personal, though never autobiographical. Back to Behzti: what happened next 2011-07-06T16:23:48Z Dr. Yellin originally came across “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” while writing her dissertation on 19th-century American literature, and developed a hunch that the book was autobiographical, not fiction. Jean Fagan Yellin, Who Uncovered a Slavery Tale’s True Author, Dies at 92 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Two older works that have been on the list before also appear: Sherman Alexie’s autobiographical novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s debut novel “The Bluest Eye.” Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z “He often said it was autobiographical,” said David White, who started working with the artist in 1980 and is now a senior curator for the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Ripe for reassessment 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But the singer-songwriter is evasive on the question of whether the song is autobiographical. Jake Bugg: 'I have to pinch myself' 2012-10-15T07:12:17Z I’ve also been particularly enjoying work that lives in the gray area, directly and transparently mining the writer’s autobiographical material in a work of fiction. Dani Shapiro: By the Book 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Emezi has previously written a memoir and screenplays as well as fiction, but poetry feels like a natural fit for the presumably autobiographical material in this collection, which often soothes as much as it shocks. Poems of Exile, Introspection and Self-Discovery (Cicadas, Too) 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z It's the first of four volumes of the "All the Wrong Questions" series, a "highly autobiographical account" of Snicket's childhood. New Lemony Snicket series begins this fall 2012-02-08T20:36:16Z In “Train Whistle Guitar,” his largely autobiographical first novel, he called it Gasoline Point. Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z How much of the novel would you consider autobiographical? Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z I've lost count of the number of times readers or reviewers have assumed my novel is autobiographical. Rude awakenings: Elizabeth Day 2011-04-02T23:07:50Z “Most of my poems are autobiographical,” she confessed in an interview with the journal Compose. Review | Ada Limón will be the next guest for the Life of a Poet 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z In a presumably autobiographical role, Ms. Anyanwu makes it clear that N’s strident, take-charge confidence is a shield with plenty of cracks. Review: Remembering What Was and Wasn’t in ‘Good Grief’ 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z In another chapter, on gender identity, Kandel nicely juxtaposes autobiographical accounts from the late Ben Barres, a prominent neuroscientist who began his life as Barbara, against genetic studies of sexual dimorphisms in mice and humans. A Nobel Laureate Asks What Makes a ‘Disordered Mind’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z It is Fox’s fourth novel, written with what she acknowledges is a fair amount of autobiographical influence. Inspired by Holocaust-Era Letters, a Novelist Examines Inherited Trauma 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z At the same time, the autobiographical fiction writer “seems to be crying out for boundaries and impediments and restraints.” In Fiction, Martin Amis Summons His Literary Friends and Role Models 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z The positivity of that relay reminded me that autobiographical writing doesn’t always have to feel bad, it doesn’t always have to be a blood sport. Why Maggie Nelson Is Drawn to Certain Autobiographies 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z This cartoon of mine, from 2006, is among my most autobiographical. A Nineteen-Fifties Jewish-American Christmas Story 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Jackson moved between works of horrifying fiction which often placed mothers at the center of the story and non-fiction autobiographical essays about her real life as the mother of four children. Mothers and monsters: On writing through the terror of parenthood 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “I think too often, specifically with us, people expect things to be either autobiographical or very one-dimensional and myopic in terms of worldview or some sort of agenda that we’re pushing,” Fisher says. Algiers is a political band in a political time. But don’t try to box them in. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z As with so much of her previous work, including the hit CBS series “The Nanny,” there is a strong autobiographical streak to “Happily Divorced.” Television Review : Life With a Gay Ex-Husband. It Happens. 2011-06-14T22:30:15Z Mr. Nesbo said people asked him all the time whether the Hole books are autobiographical. Jo Nesbo, Crime Writer From Norway, Visits U.S. 2012-06-15T16:16:49Z It’s not even hidden, which is why I don’t get upset when people are like, “Oh, I think this is autobiographical.” Clare Barron on ‘Shhhh’ and How Playwriting Is Her ‘Kink of Exhibitionism’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Fans of his short stories and autobiographical writings will hear echoes of the playwright’s life all across this familiarly bleak landscape. ‘It’s him, it’s sort of him’: Sam Shepard’s ‘The One Inside’ toys with fact and fiction 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z The script is also in part autobiographical, about a parent-child relationship. What to Do With an Absent Father? Cast Him as a Character Onstage. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In an autobiographical novel, which parts are fiction and which are fact? Poet offers literary feast in ‘A Moveable Famine’ 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z On the one hand, no matter how autobiographical a novel was, I could always hide behind the veil of fiction and say I made something up. “Lying to make life bearable”: Cheryl Strayed interviews memoirist Rob Roberge 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Voigt also helped create and performed a frank and poignant one-woman autobiographical show there. Daniel J. Wakin Looks at Music in 2011 2011-12-23T19:09:53Z And yet she found herself admiring the autobiographical play that was written in the rhetoric of marital and class warfare. Pamela Lane obituary 2010-11-21T18:54:00Z And also, for that matter, if your work is autobiographical, why didn't you do the honest thing and write a non-fiction account of it? Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z Strachey’s sole novel, published under a pseudonym in 1949, tells the autobiographical story of an adolescent girl’s obsession with her female teacher. New & Noteworthy, From Dorothy Strachey to Musical Gender Bending 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Though not strictly autobiographical, “#Josh” not only draws from their experiences, but tells the story from their point of view, in the vein of critically acclaimed hits such as Aziz Ansari’s “Master of None.” The next “Master of None”: “#Josh,” a dramedy about Haitian-American millennials in Miami coming from Project Greenlight 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Said’s brief autobiographical essay provides some basic facts, though much of it is quotations from the Quran. With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Drawing on an autobiographical novel published by a veteran, Axworthy delivers a harrowing description of appallingly wasteful trench warfare in conditions rivalling the first world war. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z Some of his novels are more autobiographical than the autobiography, he said. Patrick Modiano, an Author of Paris Mysteries, Keeps His Own 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z I hear all of these other questions in the question, and before long the very word "autobiographical" feels shameful to me. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z "Works" is the least autobiographical of Levé's books; nevertheless, a portrait of the artist emerges. Edouard Levé's 'Works' is charged with wit and wonder 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s called “Phalaris’s Bull: Solving the Riddle of the Great Big World,” and in it Mr. Friedman seeks to mix philosophical musings and autobiographical vignettes into a brainy, insightful 80 minutes of theater. Review: ‘Phalaris’s Bull,’ or How a Man Comes to Terms With Life 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z ‘Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home’ is by one of my favorite autobiographical cartoonists, Nicole J. Georges. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Her autobiographical essays capture her difficult childhood, her transformation into a fiction writer and the personal unraveling that came with success in her adopted language. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “I tried to remember as much as possible,” says Joanna Hogg, the English writer and director, about her new autobiographical film, The Souvenir – her fourth feature. Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne: ‘We should tell whatever stories we like’ 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Toby Stephens, who plays Henry at the Old Vic in London, told an interviewer that he had felt it wise to lunch with Stoppard in advance, as it is "such an autobiographical play". Tom Stoppard: 'I'm the crank in the bus queue' 2010-04-14T20:30:00Z In her autobiographical satire “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” which was on Netflix, she portrays a playwright who — refusing to believe that her dreams have an expiration date — pivots to rap as a grown woman. The Breakout Stars of 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z She wrote four autobiographical books whose details soak into the fabric of "At the Existential Café." The existentialists come alive (over cocktails) in Sarah Bakewell's 'At the Existentialist Cafe' 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z For 70 minutes he told one-minute, largely autobiographical stories — sometimes stretching out the words in his rich, resonant voice and other times cramming them in. Dance Review: ?Story/Time? by Bill T. Jones at Montclair State - Review 2012-01-22T21:59:44Z These autobiographical assemblages are worth revisiting or seeing for the first time. Review | In the galleries: Nine artists create worlds of their own for Arlington show 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Of course, all autobiographical works are secretly tendentious, quietly adjusting history to fit a certain hypothesis or to justify a life. Review | A tale of a family bound by food — and hunger 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z This year more extreme than that motley group is the contortionist Jonathan Nosan, who will present his autobiographical solo show, “Bagabones.” Some Highlights of the Fringe Festival 2010-08-12T20:47:00Z Prince's most famous poem is unusual in that it appears to be more straightforwardly autobiographical. Collected Poems 1935-92 by FT Prince - review 2012-10-12T21:55:07Z If we accept that this isn't humanly possible, it begs the question, when does autobiography become autobiographical fiction? Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou – review 2013-04-22T06:30:01Z Later, in an autobiographical essay entitled Named for Victoria, Queen of England, he told how, like Queen Victoria, he "lost his Albert". Chinua Achebe obituary 2013-03-22T13:56:09Z While the story isn’t autobiographical, she added, it is decidedly personal. | Screen Siren 2014-02-12T22:37:30Z This delightful and engrossing memoir by the 80-year-old award-winning novelist Penelope Lively accomplishes everything one could wish for in autobiographical writing. A rich portrait of Penelope Lively’s long and eventful life 2014-02-05T22:02:42Z She asked that I not say that it was autobiographical. How They Learned to Drive. And Why They’re Driving Again. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z As a fan of memoirs, I appreciate the weaving of fact into a narrative, but “The Baby Chase” works better without the autobiographical burden. Motherlode Blog: Motherlode Must-Read: ‘The Baby Chase: How Surrogacy Is Transforming the American Family’ 2014-01-14T21:51:13Z Like much of his art, it is autobiographical: a frank representation of his young self and his obsession with popular culture. Peter Blake, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Artist, Still Going In and Out of Style 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Roach’s rise to prominence began in the late 1980s and early ’90s, and it was thanks in particular to one autobiographical song: “Took the Children Away.” Archie Roach, Who Lived and Sang the Aboriginal Blues, Dies at 66 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But “Reign of Terror” is also an autobiographical record, Mr. Miller’s attempt to deal with his family trauma. Music: The Indie Band Sleigh Bells? New Album, ?Reign of Terror? 2012-02-14T12:00:01Z In his autobiographical documentary, Assi Dayan said he did not speak to his father for most of the eight years before his death. Assi Dayan, Israeli Actor and Filmmaker, Dies at 68 2014-05-03T02:18:39Z “This movie is not autobiographical; it’s personal, and there’s a true distinction in that.” Noah Baumbach Knows What You’re Thinking 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Dendy, 53, a Broadway choreographer who also creates and performs original work, structures this autobiographical piece around the myth of Theseus. Mark Dendy’s ‘Labryinth,’ a Take on the Theseus Myth 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Roth’s book, by contrast, is a work of deep realism, much of it the thinly veiled autobiographical story of a family in midcentury Newark, N.J. A Different Kind of Dystopian Novel 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s an experience Lee knows intimately, as he addressed in a pair of extraordinary autobiographical essays for The Dublin Review a few years ago. In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “The big lie I’ve been telling in my autobiographical fiction is that my mother is not the source of my art,” he said in the interview. Sherman Alexie and the Tricky Art of Memoir 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z When I Look at the World may be a litany of seemingly autobiographical bad situations but it sounds warm, wise and resilient. Lucinda Williams – review 2013-06-25T15:02:33Z Two, it contains the autobiographical material that is missing, and missed, from “Punching Out.” Books of The Times: Watching a Once-Proud Piece of Detroit Disappear 2011-01-18T16:57:38Z The movie is based on the autobiographical book by Joseph D. Pistone, who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York in the 1970s. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ and ‘Donnie Brasco’ 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z And, like, I'm never autobiographical, but everything that happens to me that matters finds its way in. Miranda July faces "The Future" 2011-07-27T00:30:00Z The most personal and autobiographical of Richard Strauss's operas gets only rare exposure outside the German-speaking opera world. This week's new music 2011-03-26T00:07:03Z Mr. Sharlach is publishing a novel in May about that period in his life called “Running in Bed,” which he described as about a quarter autobiographical. AIDS Casts a Shadow Over Gay Marriage Victory 2011-12-31T07:00:09Z Then, factor in the fact that it’s autobiographical! Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf on Acting in O’Neill 2012-06-14T16:57:18Z No doubt mirror neurons are involved for viewers of the affecting autobiographical videos shown on small boxy monitors in installations by Maggie Lee. ‘Mirror Cells’ Asks: What Lights Up the Brain? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Ranging from autobiographical to impressionistic, Tarrat’s verse maps one man’s life. Review | In the galleries: Ghostly presences at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z “The End of Eddy” and “History of Violence,” both of which opened in Brooklyn on Monday, are based on autobiographical novels by Édouard Louis. Fleeing Home, but Not Homophobia 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He regarded his “Jewishness,” he explained in the autobiographical “The Facts,” as “an intellectual resource.” Before the Holocaust, Jewish Suffering Had One Name: Kishinev 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z There is good reason to doubt that Joyce, in 1915, took this stance quite as seriously as his autobiographical hero did; but if Stephen’s declaration was meant ironically, Eliot certainly didn’t hear it that way. A Hundred Years of T. S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Argento calls “Misunderstood” a personal rather than an autobiographical film, one that she’s drawn from her life with a strong sense of the absurd and a palette inspired by old Polaroids. Cannes Film Festival: Director Asia Argento on Giving Up Acting 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z All of Gray's own work has, to varying degrees, been autobiographical – returning constantly to childhood, family, friends and Glasgow, transmogrifying the ordinary first person into a spectacular cosmos – and vice versa. Alasdair Gray: 'There isn't much time. Better get on with it' 2012-11-18T00:08:01Z But no one really knows how autobiographical Ms Ferrante’s work might be. Ties that bind 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The movie opens with an autobiographical three and a half minute monologue from Mr. Grant as Primo, who haltingly reveals that he missed the birth of his son because he was in jail. James Grant of ‘Five Star’ Is an Enforcer on Screen, if No Longer in Life 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Coppola describes “Somewhere” as “personal but not so autobiographical.” Film: It?s What She Knows: The Luxe Life 2010-12-10T22:53:00Z Six years ago, the British novelist, playwright and poet Deborah Levy published a book-length autobiographical essay called “Things I Don’t Want to Know.” Crossing Abbey Road: It’s More Dangerous Than You Might Think 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “Yeah, I was working through something on that movie, and Little Man Tate feels autobiographical to me,” Foster says. Jodie Foster: ‘I have a magical thinking that I can cope with anything’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The Face, Behind the Face, Behind the Face Return engagement of theater veteran Anthony Gruppuso’s autobiographical solo show. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Sept. 24-Oct. 1: 'Wicked Lit,' 'Resolving Hedda' and more 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z He quickly turned in the autobiographical novel "Post Office," which after a slow start paved the way to literary success. Celebrating Charles Bukowski, 'poet laureate of L.A. lowlife' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He has done the opposite: Keep the Lights On is autobiographical, revisiting in often excruciating detail the relationship between Sachs and his former partner, a crack-addicted book editor. New-wave queer cinema: 'Gay experience in all its complexity' 2012-10-04T18:59:01Z “I could never concentrate on Sunday church services because I’d be concentrating on women’s hats,” he wrote in an autobiographical column in the Times in 2002. Bill Cunningham, photographer of New York street fashion, dies at 87 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z But Mr. Oliver — whose earlier autobiographical pieces include “East 10th Street,” “Helen and Edgar” and “In the Park” — reshapes and reanimates this well-worn formula by infusing it with a sepulchral darkness. Review: ‘Attorney Street,’ a Gothic Elegy for a Fleeing Here and Now 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Some of her earlier works, like the autobiographical “Forever,” are clearly factual, however poetically the facts are rendered. Review: The Ghosts of Michael Brown, in ‘Until the Flood’ 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z At NBC, Murphy went on to create The New Normal, a loosely autobiographical half-hour comedy about two gay men and their surrogate. American success story: how Ryan Murphy became Netflix's $300m man 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z It is an autobiographical essay, as well, providing insight into one of the most remarkable personalities in American history. 2010-02-01T05:00:00Z The novel is recounted as a journal, and the series intermittently delivers moments of autobiographical voice-over that never veer to the lugubrious. | ?Any Human Heart?: A Long Life That Peaks Quite Young 2011-02-11T23:18:14Z Northwest Film Forum continues its "35mm: The Celluloid Dream" series with Terence Davies' 1992 autobiographical drama, "The Long Day Closes," playing nightly through Thursday. Lots under stars, plus Loy, Lebowski events 2012-08-10T00:01:04Z You may not know her name, but Berlant is influential in comedy circles, and her digressive style stands for everything that a scripted autobiographical play doesn’t. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s an autobiographical piece about the year my father was in Vietnam and it’s a home-front story. Writing ‘War-Appropriate’ Stories for Kids: A Conversation With Suzanne Collins and Francis Lawrence 2013-11-19T10:45:16Z These themes were autobiographical, and they were also social, often involving the experience of the factory and the assembly line. Philip Levine: a poet for the American working man 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Like the experiences portrayed on the show, wardrobes are often imbued with autobiographical specificity. On This Hit Show, the Clothes Make the ‘Girls’ 2013-01-02T21:41:52Z And Welles cannily fought off the idea that “The Other Side of the Wind” was autobiographical. Review: ‘Orson Welles’s Last Movie,’ by Josh Karp 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z And in between, he's spilling his guts: Plummer will this month present "A World or Two," an autobiographical one-man show about his favorite writers at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada. Christopher Plummer, on screen and on stage at 82 2012-06-13T20:21:18Z But exploring women at middle-age and older, as she tends to do, is also a canny defense against those who might reduce a young woman’s work to mere autobiographical stenography. The Playwright Making a Farce of the Patriarchy 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The slim book includes poems he's written over the last seven decades, autobiographical stories and professional and family photographs. Kirk Douglas proves a sublime master of rhyme on page and in person 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z You say that a writer your age has generally exhausted personal angles, but there do seem to be autobiographical elements in these songs. Robbie Fulks on how not to be “a guy in his 50s singing about sex or good times or even the opposite, about married contentedness” 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Organized chronologically, the Portrait Gallery show is, like Picasso’s art, heavily autobiographical. Picasso’s life, portrait by portrait 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The play is laced with bits of autobiographical detail, including the layout of that odd New York duplex, conjured in the Helen Hayes Theatre by set designer David Zinn. How a humane playwright made it all the way to Broadway 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “The character in ‘Gemini’ who’s always playing Maria Callas records — I think that was really autobiographical,” Mr. Paesani said. Albert Innaurato, Playwright Who Lit Up Broadway in ’70s, Dies at 70 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Like Knisley’s illustrated memoirs, her first graphic novel for kids is autobiographical, which means it includes the messy, sometimes harsh realities that characterize the actual lives of children. A Comics-Obsessed Cinderella Down on the Farm 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z In both “Dead Girls” and “Against Memoir,” the lure of autobiographical writing is also a longing to capture our experience of time, to trap us in a moment that is always passing. Coming of Age — and Becoming a Writer — in an America Obsessed With ‘Dead Girls’ 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z In an autobiographical prose poem in her 2005 collection, “Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil,” Ms. Wright wrote about her vocation with the wanton verblessness to which perhaps only a poet is entitled. C. D. Wright, Poet of Ozarks and Beyond, Dies at 67 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z "Some of them are pretty bleak," Allyson admits, but fudges about whether the album is autobiographical. Karrin Allyson brings heartbreak to Jazz Alley 2011-08-03T01:39:31Z If James Frey taught us anything with his infamous memoir, it’s that autobiographical claims can collapse into a million little pieces of exaggeration and deception. If the author of ‘Woman in the Window’ is a serial liar, can we still love his book? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z “I think he’s very sensitive, as an African-American artist, about things being read with too much of an autobiographical perspective,” she said, “because it’s much more complicated than that.” Turning Discarded Items Into Art About Race in America 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The song’s autobiographical roots have become more the exception than the rule for Isbell. Jason Isbell, Self-Doubt and the Album That Tested His Marriage 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z This is a gift for the biographer, but there is almost no analysis here of the truths revealed in West's many autobiographical novels. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb – review 2013-04-06T08:00:36Z “If you couldn’t see me” was an abstractly autobiographical solo, danced by Ms. Brown with her back almost entirely to the audience. | Trisha Brown Dance Company: Trisha Brown Dance at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-04-10T00:31:00Z In Kieran Hodgson’s brilliant “ ‘75,” the comedian abandons the autobiographical tone of his previous shows, and instead takes a historical view of Britain’s troubled historical relationship with the European Union’s predecessor, the European Economic Community. Brexit Is Happening. You May as Well Laugh About It. 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The songs are autobiographical too, it’s not just about him. X’s John Doe gets spiritual: “I believe in things that you can’t see acting on the way things turn out” 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Shakespeare's sonnets can be read in any number of ways: as literary exercise, autobiographical narrative or anatomy of love. Love Is My Sin - review 2011-01-17T22:00:01Z Thirty-three years ago, Nan Goldin began taking the photographs that would make up the first iterations of her astounding, autobiographical slide show, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency.” Bleak Reality in Nan Goldin’s ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’ 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Often when people see an “I” in poetry, there’s an inclination to assume its autobiographical. Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z While not autobiographical, “Good People” is the first of Mr. Lindsay-Abaire’s plays to explore the world he came from, and it features a character who, like him, moves away and becomes a success. A Return to Southie, by Way of Broadway 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z Though I don’t consider the book autobiographical, the protagonist does go through something similar in terms of national media exposure. Confessions of a Prep-School Feminist 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Death of Death: "Asthma" by Seneca All the best autobiographical writers – those who teach us how to live well and how to die well – are to varying degrees stoics. Greg Baxter's top 10 memento mori 2010-07-21T11:15:00Z Her autobiographical tale of hitting rock-bottom and finding redemption through the music and attitude of Beyoncé Knowles is part comedy show, part group therapy and part singalong – and its audience whoops, dances and blubbers uncontrollably. Luisa Omielan: destiny's comic 2013-07-29T18:29:00Z First, the autobiographical film is not simply about the recollection of what happened, but it is really about the essential emotional truth. "The Inspection" and Don't Ask Don't Tell for a queer Black man: "Boot camp is brainwashing" 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Although the drama contained an autobiographical kernel — the war veteran who returns to his childhood home in the Bronx — Mr. Gilroy said the similarities to his own experiences largely ended there. Frank D. Gilroy, playwright of Pulitzer-winning ‘The Subject Was Roses,’ dies at 89 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Recording himself on a cellphone, the charismatic Ahmed prowls the empty Great American Music Hall in San Francisco while blending hip-hop and spoken word, autobiographical accounts and pointed insights. Theater to Stream: Revisiting ‘Rent’ and ‘Angels in America’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z When Levy’s autobiographical essay begins, she is a middle-aged woman whose life’s certainties have foundered. Crossing Abbey Road: It’s More Dangerous Than You Might Think 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Cox, who settled in Australia as a young man in the 1960s, was known internationally for his ruminative, sympathetic, sometimes autobiographical explorations of the lives of marginalized people: the lonely, the aging, the dying. Paul Cox, Independent Filmmaker Who Explored Postmodern Life, Dies at 76 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Those collective yelps, cued by an autobiographical monologue by Ms. Muz, become the aural backdrop for Beauty’s first journey through the dangerous forest. Theater Review: Julie Atlas Muz and Mat Fraser Reinvent a Fabled Couple 2014-03-17T21:31:47Z The book, which was partly autobiographical, was praised by the philosopher Sidney Hook and the historian Robert K. Massie. Lev Navrozov, Literary Translator and Soviet Dissident, Dies at 88 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Bromell already addressed those memories more directly in his autobiographical novel “Little America” in 2001, but he’s quick to acknowledge that his personal history was part of what made “Rubicon” an attractive project. Television: AMC?s ?Rubicon? Offers Spies and Paranoia 2010-07-23T20:51:00Z But the autobiographical tropes can be trying for friends, family members, ex-husbands and former lovers. Erica Jong’s ‘Fear of Dying’ Defies the Sunset of Sex 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z That embattled relationship was the focus of several autobiographical failed love stories. Review: Eric Yves Garcia’s ‘Pour Spirits,’ a Taste of Musical Role-Playing 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z I hesitate to say yes—that I did draw on memories of mine—because that might deceive readers into concluding the story’s merely autobiographical. Richard Ford on the Drama of Adolescence 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z In the interim, Lucy has become the famous author of several books — at least some of which are apparently autobiographical. Elizabeth Strout Gets Meta in Her New Novel About Marriage 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Some of her dexterous poetry touches on the autobiographical details of her life, and she is the author of a previous memoir, “Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.” ‘Memorial Drive’ Powerfully Recalls a Southern Childhood and a Mother’s Murder 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z One of my favorite books about our present cultural moment is Heike Geissler’s “Seasonal Associate,” an autobiographical work documenting the author’s time working at an Amazon warehouse. Sally Rooney’s Attention Span Has Improved 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z So, and I apologize for asking, but is there anything autobiographical in “The Hike?” “A folk tale, but with swearing”: Drew Magary on his debut novel “The Hike” 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z He was most tearful, he claimed, when writing Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars because the former was so autobiographical and the latter reminded him of friends who'd passed away. John Green: 'I'm tired of adults telling teenagers that they aren't smart' 2013-02-27T16:04:45Z On the small screen, we bring you news that standup Greg Davies has had his own more or less autobiographical sitcom commissioned by Channel 4. Talk show hosts vote with their jokes – and which standups are in the money 2012-11-06T17:02:36Z It was hard not to read this as a kind of autobiographical comment: Weiner saw Don’s triumph as his own. Today's TV shows are good – but they aren't The Sopranos 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Semprún’s work is largely autobiographical, yet the fact that it draws inspiration from his experiences should not lead us to assume that it gives us a complete or historical picture of his life. Remembering Buchenwald survivor Jorge Semprún, a key witness to the 20th century 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z At the end of “Grade 8” he rapped a verse of Lil’ Kim’s “Lighters Up,” and his dancehall-influenced fake patois on the autobiographical “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” was nimble and also dizzying. Music Review: Ed Sheeran at the Mercury Lounge 2012-02-02T23:20:55Z Dance is what remains of the spirit of resistance, and of an essence of individuality beyond the autobiographical spiels that are coerced from Ms. Murphy and Mr. O’Conor’s characters. Review: The Private Dystopias of ‘Arlington’ and ‘Rooms’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z She propelled her pop career in Germany with a single released in 2016, the partly autobiographical “No Roots,” a song about constant relocation that speaks, perhaps, to listeners whose connections are digital, not terrestrial. On Alice Merton’s Debut ‘Mint,’ Hooks Conquer Fears 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Includes an autobiographical essay by Namkung and essays by Seattle photographer Art Wolfe and former Henry Art Gallery curator Elizabeth Brown. Local artist and exhibit catalogs offer opulent gift possibilities 2012-12-13T00:33:50Z This feeling colored the psyches of all the freaks and outsiders who populate “The Last Illusion”—character and story emerged organically out of an autobiographical anguish. Inspiration Information: 'The Last Illusion' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z It was in Stephan Wolfert’s autobiographical military monologue “Cry Havoc!” for the theater company Bedlam, when he re-enacted a suicidal impulse, miming the sawed-off shotgun he jammed up against his jaw. The Pen and the Trigger Finger: Examining Gun Violence Onstage 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The Whitney Museum programmed several as part of its Biennial last year, including the premiere of the 90-minute, autobiographical “Crash,” which opened on Wednesday evening at Roulette. Review: Robert Ashley’s ‘Crash’ Opens at Roulette 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Though the movie is not autobiographical, the filmmaker did deal with a separation from his own family and a girlfriend when he was 25 and attending UCLA. In '10,000 Km,' director Carlos Marques-Marcet goes the distance to explore cracks in long-distance relationship 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But the eighth map shows New York, the setting for the partly autobiographical "The Immigrants", in which two arriviste Nepalis have to overcome their mutual native prejudices in a strange land. The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z It’s autobiographical and tells her story as a comedian forced to confront her past, present and future. The Week Ahead: Dec. 11 ? 17 2011-12-09T19:28:35Z Idolised for his fast driving, hyperactive energy and voracious reading habits, Neal was the perfect Beat character, and his autobiographical writings were published posthumously as The First Third. Neal Cassady: Drug-taker. Bigamist. Family man 2011-01-16T21:30:00Z Late in the book comes a delicious surprise in the form of two autobiographical essays, about Dillon’s mother and aunt. Ways of Seeing 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z "Killing and Dying" was conceived in reaction to "Shortcomings," which many readers regard as autobiographical, to Tomine's detriment. Adrian Tomine plays against type in 'Killing and Dying' 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z One Mississippi” is the latest autobiographical project from Ms. Notaro, the comic who won acclaim for her revealing stand-up act, “Boyish Girl Interrupted,” and was recently the subject of a Netflix documentary. Amazon Announces New Pilots From Louis C.K., Tig Notaro and Sacha Baron Cohen 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z And while the movie is not autobiographical, he does acknowledge that it’s personal. Q&A: Not Fade Away‘s David Chase, James Gandolfini and Steven Van Zandt 2013-01-03T13:00:30Z Ms. Goldin, 58, who is best known for her unflinching autobiographical documentation of New York’s antiestablishment fringe in the 1970s and 1980s, has been feted by the establishment quite often of late. ArtsBeat: Nan Goldin Given Lifetime Achievement Award 2012-06-04T18:18:52Z In this alphabet of autobiographical, gastronomical essays, Drzal traces the delicate emotions packed into a scene with the precision of a miniaturist. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z This book has a clear autobiographical bent: Alice is a young novelist who has rocketed to worldwide fame. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The transgender singer, born Tom Gabel, hit the road on a small East Coast tour in August, when she offered stripped-down takes on bracing, autobiographical recounts of gender reassessment. Pop & Rock Listings for Jan. 3-9 2014-01-02T23:10:30Z The narrator of The Land at the End of the World is patently the novelist himself and his reminiscences about childhood, conscription, carnage in Angola and marital breakdown are rawly autobiographical. The Land at the End of the World by Ant?nio Lobo Antunes ? review 2011-07-21T10:45:01Z Stigers's current tour promotes his new album Let's Go Out Tonight – a programme he clearly regards as uncannily autobiographical, even though it's his first in almost a decade without a single self-penned song. Curtis Stigers – review 2012-07-01T16:03:01Z Not based on them being talented or not, it was because it was so autobiographical that, the woman that I'm married to in the show is named Jeanne Gaffigan, which is my wife's name. Jim Gaffigan’s second act is much richer than his Hot Pockets persona 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The novelty here is that Stew himself is not center stage, as he was in that loosely autobiographical show, which started at the Public Theater before moving to Broadway. Review: In ‘The Total Bent,’ a Father-Son Rift and a Sensational Score 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The autobiographical work of writers such as Cheney and Fry show how the apparently arbitrary cycles of manic depression are never accidental. Bipolar memoirs: What have I done? 2013-04-26T06:30:11Z A subtle autobiographical move, a sly wink or the work of a deranged egotist? Fantastic Mr Fox recap: Wes Anderson reworking well worth another look 2013-06-28T16:00:37Z "It seems to me bad enough to be in the family of an autobiographical poet," she told the Huffington Post. Sharon Olds's silence is golden in an era of endless media exposure 2013-01-20T00:06:48Z It is an extraordinary construct: a mixture of verbatim transcript and autobiographical drama that creates an echo chamber of conflicting voices from Dunbar's life and art. Back to Bradford: Andrea Dunbar remembered on film 2010-04-12T20:35:00Z Recalling how she would drive past it with her mother, she writes, in this volume’s only autobiographical poem: Beautiful Poems About a House of Horrors 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Bell’s text is largely autobiographical, and his accounts of mundane or meandering outings rang truer than the more confessional tone that followed in “Cold March.” Dance Review: Ian Spencer Bell Marries Words and Movement 2014-03-22T02:05:21Z While not strictly autobiographical, the story stems from Mr. Colfer’s fraught upbringing. The Many Hats of Chris Colfer 2012-12-21T21:10:46Z It takes little effort to unearth the autobiographical sources of Maxwell’s writing. In William Maxwell’s Fiction, a Vivid, Varied Tableau of Midwestern Life 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z My joke-writing style is less topical and more autobiographical, so most of my time in New York has been spent writing jokes about crippling loneliness and meaningless sex. 50 Comics Walk Into a Club. No, You Haven’t Heard This One. 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z He also won an Academy Award for best original song score for the semiautobiographical film of the same name — in which Prince was the central character. Prince, mysterious, inventive chameleon of music, dies at 57 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Over all, he wrote both the music and the lyrics for a dozen Broadway shows — not including compendium revues like “Side by Side by Sondheim,” “Putting It Together” and the autobiographical “Sondheim on Sondheim.” Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Roth, like Byron, made sexual capital out of his literary fame and responded to the problems of that fame by writing books which teased their readership with autobiographical hints and pseudo-revelations. Rereading: Childe Harold by Lord Byron 2011-08-12T09:00:01Z She tried her hand at an autobiographical novel, which Mailer did not exactly discourage. Norris Church Mailer obituary 2010-12-07T18:30:00Z I am looking forward to this autobiographical novel about a family’s arrival in the U.S., a swimming pool accident, and the pain of settling in. What We're Reading: Summer Edition 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Unless everything you write is completely autobiographical, each one of your characters is an act of imagination, and each character involves you taking the leap to imagine the world from their point of view. L.A. based Nina Revoyr talks about writing socially conscious adventure novel 'Lost Canyon' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Mancini enjoyed “consciously injecting” queer content into the films, he said, but “Chucky” is “the most autobiographical” work of his career. Chucky Returns to Terrorize TV. His Creator Couldn’t Be Happier. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Hosseini, who says he doesn't miss medicine one bit, admits that the character is deeply autobiographical. Khaled Hosseini: 'If I could go back now, I'd take The Kite Runner apart' 2013-06-01T08:29:01Z He is a celebrated writer with two autobiographical novels about his first and second meetings with Celine, entitled This Time and That Time. Before Midnight – review 2013-06-20T14:29:02Z It’s not autobiographical, but it’s in my skin and in my bones. Clare Barron on ‘Shhhh’ and How Playwriting Is Her ‘Kink of Exhibitionism’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But also worthy here are two deeply personal scripts: Baumbach’s stirring portrait of divorce “Marriage Story” and Almodovar’s unfortunately overlooked “Pain and Glory,” a sublime, autobiographical work. Oscar Predictions: Can ‘Parasite’ upset ‘1917’? 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “Black Swans,” a collection of autobiographical stories written after Babitz got sober. Review | A new look at Eve Babitz: Artist, provocateur and unlikely feminist icon 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Amis describes the book as “fairly strictly autobiographical,” a phrase whose adverbs work in cooperative negation. In Fiction, Martin Amis Summons His Literary Friends and Role Models 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z She is now his agent, and a loosely autobiographical show starring Goldn is in development — “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” as his life blooms into “Entourage.” 24kGoldn Became a Pandemic Pop Star. Now Comes the Real-World Test. 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Kenneth Branagh’s three nominations for his autobiographical film “Belfast” have made him the first person to be nominated for Oscars in seven different categories. Couples, deaf actors, and an unlikely singer mark Oscar noms 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Toor, who was born in Lahore, Pakistan, talked them though the autobiographical elements of his work, which frequently depicts what he called the “dignity and glamour” of gay life. There Are No Pictures, but This Art Podcast Is Thriving 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Accompanied by fragments of Stravinsky and nursery songs, her movements seem freighted with autobiographical detail – a skittering war dance of frustration, a halting walk, an ecstatic sprawl. In Pieces 2010-06-28T21:01:00Z It is also listed on the fiction bestseller chart, although its subject is autobiographical. New Europe: reading up on Germany's bestselling books 2011-03-14T17:54:11Z But does this mean “Commonwealth” is 8 percent or 80 percent autobiographical? Ann Patchett’s Latest Novel Follows Six Siblings Over 50 Years 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z An earlier collection of autobiographical sketches, Woolgathering, was published in 1992. Patti Smith planning sequel to Just Kids memoir 2012-12-19T10:58:27Z He may only be describing his feelings while watching a football match from his sofa, but as in his autobiographical “My Struggle” there is a sense that something bigger lurks beneath. A game of two halves 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Each of these stories was, in some measure, autobiographical, and each a reassurance that, despite my worrying, I was still compos mentis. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Winters isn’t exactly a gossip, but he’s most comfortable sketching Shepard’s personal life and identifying autobiographical elements in his writing. The real Sam Shepard behind the man we think we know 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Isaac Robert Hurwitz, executive director and producer of the festival, said the wealth of autobiographical musicals was far greater than in years past, but he chalked that up chiefly to coincidence. Creating a Musical Is the Best Revenge (or Catharsis) 2010-09-26T22:29:00Z First came “Ghetto Superstar,” his solo show, which mixed autobiographical anecdotes with songs. Billy Porter Tells His Own Story in ‘While I Yet Live’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z What distinguishes the piece amid a crowded field of autobiographical solo works is its unwavering commitment to sharing history as it’s felt rather than analyzed. Black, Baptist and gay: One man's journey from to Hollywood, vividly told 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z At turns autobiographical, researched, and fictionalized, they read like a hybrid of such dramatizations as “Letters from Iwo Jima” and the cartoon journalism work of Joe Sacco. Shigeru Mizuki’s War-Haunted Art and Life 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Eilish insists that not all of these songs are directly autobiographical, and it’s true that “Happier Than Ever” is not exactly a confessional. Billie Eilish’s Uneasy View From the Top 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Jointly developed and produced by Manhattan Theater Club and South Coast Repertory, the play is the second of Mr. Nguyen’s autobiographical trilogy that began with “Vietgone.” ‘The Height of the Storm’ Is Heading to Broadway 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Writing six autobiographical books is what freed me from my past. ?People Who Eat Darkness?: The disappearing blonde 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z The show at Willow Street Gallery consists of autobiographical assemblages whose ingredients range from random to the highly specific. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Still, if you look closely at these letters, you'll find a sidelong portrait of Parker, a mosaic of autobiographical shards. Mary-Louise Parker reveals shards of her past in 'Dear Mr. You' 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But far more autobiographical was the album that followed, The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living – that was "totally about me, and I don't think I'll ever be that brutal again". The end of the Streets 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z For Mr. Mitchell, the Beyoncé portraits, one of which was recently acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, are suggestive of his broader concern to create photography that contains “a certain autobiographical element.” Black Beauty: Photography Between Art and Fashion 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Despite the parallels to her own family’s experience, Rivero didn’t set out to write an autobiographical story, even though it was initially inspired by an anecdote from her mother. An Undocumented Woman Struggles to Root Her Family in New York City 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z In that show he pinballed around an eclectic range of images referring to black masculinity and added an autobiographical spin. James Baldwin: Pessimist, Optimist, Hero 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z As Leader points out, Bellow was a highly autobiographical novelist, and in the early part of the biography he connects nearly every real-life incident to its reference in Bellow’s fiction — unpublished and published. A comprehensive study of a Nobel laureate 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The rest of the set is more autobiographical, and lowers the comic pitch. Rhys Darby – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-05T13:54:42Z He first made a name for himself in France in 1990s with autobiographical one-man shows. Gad Elmaleh: Talking Funny in French and English 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z And it was my most autobiographical novel yet—and I tend to be pretty autobiographical as it is. “Lying to make life bearable”: Cheryl Strayed interviews memoirist Rob Roberge 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z More recently, the Tumblr site The Books They Gave Me has collected autobiographical reminiscences that illustrate the sometimes perilous task of finding the right book for the right reader. ArtsBeat Blog: The Perilous Art of Giving Books 2012-01-04T21:59:46Z And, at least as relevant in this emotionally complex, autobiographical show: “Who here hates their father?” ‘The Nosebleed’ Review: ‘Who Here Hates Their Father?’ 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z She and Annie are familiar to admirers of the poet and spinner of autobiographical fiction. Maya Angelou honors mom, grandmother in new book 2013-05-02T17:43:09Z Because of its strong narrative thrust, frequent autobiographical bent and tendency to shun conventional poetic devices, some reviewers dismissed it as merely prose with line breaks. Philip Levine, Former U.S. Poet Laureate Who Won Pulitzer, Dies at 87 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Writing a zombie novel set in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan would not strike most authors as an autobiographical project. Colson Whitehead: I had zombie anxiety dreams for years 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z If she is forced to confirm that her material is autobiographical, then she risks forfeiting both the privacy and the power of transfiguration that fiction promises. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Theatergoers on all sides of me were crying in response to harrowing autobiographical monologues by actors playing refugees from Somalia and Afghanistan. Far From Home, but Not Far Enough 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Except, of course, this interlude was very much a part of “¡Oye!,” a loosely structured mix of autobiographical morsels and ruminations on identity, immigration, gentrification and art that’s playing at the Abrons Arts Center. Review: Hopscotching Between Worlds in ‘My Dear Brooklyn’ 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z The full-length is also filled with characters, experiences and stories — many of which Cahoone calls autobiographical. Singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone is in a different place from where she started 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z The partly autobiographical “Terminus,” which is set in 1994, is the second play in a planned cycle set in a small Georgia town, and the region’s history of racial prejudice looms over the show. Review: Deirdre O’Connell Loses Her Grip on Reality in ‘Terminus’ 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z “Nanette,” Gadsby’s first foray into the American mainstream, begins as a traditional comedy show in the autobiographical, self-deprecating vein of the comedian’s older work. The Comedian Forcing Stand-Up to Confront the #MeToo Era 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Last year, many thought Alfonso Cuaron’s autobiographical drama Roma might take best picture as well as director, but it was pipped to the post by Green Book. Parasite makes Oscars history as first foreign language film to win best picture 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Particularly revealing are the excerpts culled from an autobiographical document by L. Ron Hubbard called “The Affirmations” or “The Admissions,” a book whose legitimacy the Church disputes. “Going Clear” on screen: 5 shocking revelations to look for in the new Scientology documentary 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z One of the show’s treasures is his autobiographical essay, available on the website. In the galleries: Sensing ‘vibrations’ of the Washington Color School 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The opening is a metaphor for the series, which is part tutorial, part autobiographical video essay. Review: ‘Painting With John’ Teaches the Art of Living 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Though Escoffery’s stories are not strictly autobiographical, he wrote a world that feels true to his own — and the decades in which he worked to carve out a writer’s life. Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He’d Like to Share 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z It was an organic opportunity that couldn’t be ignored because these songs were particularly up close, personal, very autobiographical. Neil Young, Jonathan Demme interview on the making of 'Neil Young Journeys' 2012-06-29T15:34:00Z Ms. Kizer’s poetry could be autobiographical, spanning her childhood, her two marriages, the births of her three children and her friendships. Carolyn Kizer, Pulitzer-Winning Poet, Dies at 89 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Set the autobiographical inspiration aside, though, and you’ll notice that Madea bears little resemblance to older black women in the real world. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z With a title that echoes William Blake, the album is a blast of discoveries, hopes, losses, fears and newfound resolve in lyrics that are openly autobiographical. With ‘Songs of Innocence,’ U2 Recasts Its Youth 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The last section of the book, which is "autobiographical in feeling, though not, sometimes, entirely so in fact" has a sombre preamble. Dear Life by Alice Munro – review 2012-11-08T08:01:01Z You don't always think of Barnes as an autobiographical writer, but it is hard to avoid that impulse here. Pulse by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-01-02T00:03:03Z In Mexican writer Guadalupe Nettel's autobiographical novel "The Body Where I Was Born," a woman recalls her unconventional childhood through a series of stories about her life told to a silent listener, Dr. Sazlsvski. The past returns in Guadalupe Nettel's 'The Body Where I Was Born' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Reams could be written about the autobiographical links, of one kind or another, in pretty much all of the fiction I have written. This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z This five-part adaptation of the autobiographical novel series by Edward St Aubyn has been an electrifying portrait of a man paralysed by trauma while trying to be better than the wretched beings who raised him. Patrick Melrose - Cumberbatch finds privilege corrupts 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z These range from the autobiographical — “The Making of a Science Fiction Writer” — to the mildly polemical, such as several cogent rejoinders to instances of extreme political correctness. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Her last novel, which was partly autobiographical, was edited by and dedicated to her great confidant Auberon Waugh, with whom she enjoyed 16 years of friendship until his death in 2001. Susan Crosland obituary 2011-02-28T19:00:53Z “The collection is remarkably autobiographical, just as any great collector’s estate is a window into their individual perspective,” said Harrison Tenzer, head of Sotheby’s online contemporary art sales. Keith Haring’s Personal Art Collection to Be Auctioned for Charity 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Certainly, music was a key for me in writing the book, but Michael is not in that sense an autobiographical character. Adam Haslett, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, discusses 'Imagine Me Gone' 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most surprising thing is that it is autobiographical. Richard Linklater: ‘someone’s living back there, and he’s murdered somebody’ 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z “I want to resist an autobiographical interpretation,” he said in an interview with Apple Music about the new album. Pinegrove Reckons With the Past and Renovates Its Sound 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Still, she hesitated, largely because the autobiographical documentary, a genre that A.O. In ‘Nuclear Family,’ a Filmmaker Frames Herself 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z It took Lulu Wang a few years to find financiers who would bend to her vision for "The Farewell," an intimate autobiographical film about saying goodbye to her terminally ill grandmother in China. How the indie studio behind ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Hereditary’ flourished while breaking Hollywood rules 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z In an autobiographical essay published in 1985, he wrote that his mother was illiterate and that he taught her to read and write. Tonino Guerra, Italian Screenwriter and Poet, Dies at 92 2012-03-23T04:08:37Z An emotional exploration of family, addiction, sacrifice and love, this is the pop composer and songwriter Stevens' autobiographical look inward. Essential albums of 2015: Bjork, Kendrick and 8 others on the edge of pop 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Every great autobiographical work is a private preparation for death: an author hunts down his weaknesses, his delusions, his inherited values, his everyday enslavements, and murders them in plain sight. Greg Baxter's top 10 memento mori 2010-07-21T11:15:00Z It seems very autobiographical because she got electroshock therapy, and the story ends with the narrator getting it after her boss finds her snooping through the clinic’s files. Brontez Purnell Brings His Disparate Parts Back to the Dance Stage 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z My own strict understanding of an autobiographical novel is one in which the main character closely resembles the author and experiences many of the same scenes that the author experienced in real life. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z For example, a musician might be telling an autobiographical story through the songs that mirror their chronology in real life. Grammy winner explains why Adele is right – album tracks should not be shuffled 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z We discovered that, across our participant sample as a whole, music that was in the charts during one's adolescence was not only rated as more familiar, but was also associated with more autobiographical memories. Why we’re obsessed with music from our youth 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The biography also reveals the full extent of the autobiographical dimension in his method of composing. Was Saul Bellow a Man or a Jerk? Both, a Monumental Biography Concludes 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z This section is the strongest, most coherent and most intricately developed, making the most obvious bows to the black male autobiographical tradition. ‘The Education of Kevin Powell’: An activist and ex-MTV star looks back 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z I found myself wondering if this was a rough draft, unfinished when Bloom died, a suspicion reinforced by autobiographical asides that were often tenuously related to the novel under examination. Review | ‘The Bright Book of Life’ examines ‘novels to read and reread’ 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The essay, Roussel’s only autobiographical statement, provides a key of sorts to his fabulous creations, particularly the revelation that many were inspired by puns and word games, distortions of language that prompted unexpected ideas. How Raymond Roussel Put the Impossible on the Page 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z She worked for years on a picaresque, autobiographical novel that eventually became “She Drove Without Stopping,” published by Algonquin in 1990, but only after she agreed to cut it substantially. Writer Races to Victory From Way Off the Pace 2010-12-16T21:39:33Z “Little dreaming that the play would focus the rest of my life, I went to see ‘En Attendant Godot,’ ” Ms. Cohn wrote in an autobiographical essay. Ruby Cohn, Theater Scholar and Beckett Authority, Dies at 89 2011-10-30T23:41:58Z So even though it's not autobiographical, the work is about her sense of self? Me, myself and I 2011-01-15T00:04:05Z When “Gaslighter” was released, in March, it sent fans scrambling to decode its seemingly autobiographical clues. The Chicks Are Done Caring What People Think 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z The recovery of women’s sexual voices, especially queer ones, is Mars’s deeper theme here, a theme to which she lends some autobiographical muscle. At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z As you’ve perceived, the story does contain autobiographical elements, though, of course, everything has been juiced for the sake of attempting to make a dynamic and engaging piece of fiction from the detritus of memory. T.C. Boyle: Older, still effortlessly cool 2012-09-07T15:05:00Z In these pages, Darnell L. Moore said the book is “a model of autobiographical writing.” New in Paperback: ‘Survival Math’ and ‘Black Leopard Red Wolf’ 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z There’s definitely something autobiographical in that opening exchange at the bookshop about using your own life to create art – and what the value of that is. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke: how we made the Before Sunrise trilogy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z As might be expected, given the frequent autobiographical nature of Ms. Schutz’s work, several of the new paintings evoke moments of crisis, humiliation, penance and possible redemption that seem related to her recent experience. Dana Schutz’s New Paintings Just Might Be Her Best 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z As Germaine Acogny, the grande dame of African dance — who performed her autobiographical solo, “Somewhere at the Beginning,” on Friday — wrote in the festival program: “Dare. Dream. Sing. Dance.” Lyon Dance Biennale Begins, Reduced but Unbowed 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Loosely autobiographical, they also hark back to the occupation, but at one remove, through the memory of a younger generation haunted by their parents’ unspoken trauma. French letters 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z What made you want to represent this autobiographical element in your work? Portraits of Love and Loss From an H.I.V.-Positive Childhood 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Although Élisabeth longed to be a writer, and labored on a secret autobiographical novel for 20 years, she never published it. French High Society During the Belle Époque 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Best known for his 2003 autobiographical novel, The Fortress of Solitude. A serious man 2010-08-14T23:06:00Z Yet most of the album turns more personal, possibly autobiographical. Albums by Neil Young, Bette Midler and Miguel Zenón 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Unlike the poems in Rapture, not all the poems in Love Poems are wholly autobiographical – some of them, as though at the Venice Carnival, are wearing a mask. Carol Ann Duffy on her collection Love Poems – Guardian book club 2013-02-08T17:35:01Z Most of them are silent, autobiographical pieces of performance. Tilda Swinton, rock star of the art house 2010-06-19T18:01:00Z For one thing, there have been autobiographical novels — “David Copperfield” is one — since the form was invented. In ‘Languages of Truth,’ Salman Rushdie Defends the Extraordinary 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z After Roth’s death, the library acquired more papers, including correspondence, drafts, research notes, autobiographical notes and other personal effects. What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z He followed that up with a series of autobiographical fragments called "Autoportrait." Edouard Levé's 'Works' is charged with wit and wonder 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Which is her point, in a suddenly emotional ending that's somewhat out of kilter with the perky autobiographical shtick that's gone before. Susan Calman – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-17T17:16:00Z Contemporary reviews of “The Bell Jar,” her autobiographical novel, praised her layering of dissociation over hyper-attunement. A Lost Story by Sylvia Plath Contains the Seeds of the Writer She Would Become 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The "Come & Get It" singer premiered the video for her latest single, "The Heart Wants What It Wants," and discussed its autobiographical origins on "On Air With Ryan Seacrest" on Thursday. Selena Gomez talks about Justin Bieber and story behind her new song 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z But the overall sense of an autobiographical patchwork formed an intriguing container for Mr. Thomson’s fluid, episodic dancing, which is characterized by hinging, rippling phrases. Dance Review | Platform 2010: A Human Landscape of Rippling Bodies and Meditative Minds 2010-03-08T06:38:00Z Best known for her poetry and autobiographical works like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she’s been an inspiring source of wisdom for many generations. Celebrities Pay Tribute to Maya Angelou on Twitter 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Just this year, Steven Spielberg and James Gray, both Jews, released autobiographical films in "The Fablemans" and "Armageddon Time," respectively. Hallmark's latest Jewish offering: An order of "Hanukkah on Rye" piled high with racial pandering 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z A submerged autobiographical element clings to the work. The exhibition that has art fans in a fury: Our critic's take on MOCA's Carl Andre retrospective 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z In his autobiographical writings on Algiers and on the Roman ruins at Tipasa, he describes a pagan place where classical values were still alive and visible in the harsh but beautiful, sun-drenched landscape. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z Yet the lyrics, many of them autobiographical, echoed just above the instruments in the mix. Review | Amen Dunes’s 9:30 Club show wasn’t dramatic. But it had a mighty sound. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z “The character of Susan is quite autobiographical; in some ways, she was a female version of me,” Ford admits. Tom Ford: ‘I wore a suit on set. It's a uniform… I feel weak in trainers’ 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z But then, “Pound” — presumably a riff on Ms. Gomez’s beloved “Bound” — feels more like a night at a comedy club than a straightforward autobiographical solo show. Review: Marga Gomez’s ‘Pound’ Mocks Depictions of Lesbians on Film 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Offenbach's Hoffmann is an alcoholic writer gradually losing his grip on reality as he tells three supposedly autobiographical tales to fellow drinkers in a Nuremberg pub. The Tales of Hoffmann ? review 2012-02-12T17:49:40Z It is a pretty rich accusation from someone who rankled in the last episode at the suggestion that her work was too autobiographical. 'Girls' Recap: Hannah Horvath Insults the Rainbow 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Guimarães’s tale weaves in autobiographical details that include the recuperative period after a childhood accident that he likens to a personal quarantine. Review | This Zoom magic show delivers a box to your house. Then it blows your mind. 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z "Songs of Innocence" is an autobiographical record about music as a salve, as an engine, and the ways in which it ferried Bono and band on a fantastic journey to wealth, fame, influence ... and California. On U2's 'Songs of Innocence,' you get what you pay for (and more) 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z All writing is autobiographical, in other words, even when it aspires to be, or insists on being labeled, something else. What do writers owe their subjects? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian When Michael Frayn came to discuss his novel Spies at the Guardian book club, he spoke openly of its autobiographical basis. Book club: Spies by Michael Frayn 2012-06-15T21:55:13Z In “Sugar,” a solo show directed by Maureen Shea, Ms. McCauley performs an autobiographical solo focusing on her battle with diabetes and explores how food relates to issues of race. Dance in NYC This Week 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z "But by the time it winds up in the film, it isn't at all what we're like… I don't know, it doesn't feel to me at all autobiographical." Leslie Mann: 'If I don't have a creative outlet, I implode' – interview 2013-02-16T22:00:02Z “Madonna,” she said, is part autobiographical, as Mr. Ali spent time as a young man in Berlin in the 1920s. A Once-Forgotten Novel Unites Turkish Readers in Troubled Times 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Reichl intended the autobiographical index cards to be used as teaching tools someday, she said, not to promote his own fame or recognizable style. Antiques: Wharton’s Curtains Are Recreated; Renoir’s Letters Go on Sale 2013-07-04T23:49:28Z One of the highlights was the autobiographical anthem “Video Girl.” FKA Twigs debut short, slow & mesmerizing | Concert review 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But the real awakening on this album — as striking as “Die a Happy Man” was on his debut — is the title track, a cheerful Randy Newman-esque autobiographical jaunt. In Country Music, Nice Guys Finish First (for Now) 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Other critics have held that Joyce was deadly serious in this autobiographical fiction, and that the airlessness of the style is an ineradicable artistic misjudgment. Colin Farrell Joins the League of High-Profile Narrators of ‘A Portrait of the Artist’ 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Inside Story,” Amis’s avowedly autobiographical last novel, broaches the idea that he may have been Martin’s actual father as well. Good Night, Sweet Prince 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Based on an autobiographical novel by Gregory David Roberts, this Apple TV+ series presents the familiar elements of bohemian adventure and peril in warm climates with style and some genuine tension. A Thanksgiving Binge Menu: 7 Fall Shows You Might Have Slept On 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He said, 'No, I don't think this will work because it's partially autobiographical. A Minute With: Roger Corman, "Hollywood Rebel" 2011-12-14T10:08:18Z Only after the project took shape did Sting notice its autobiographical parallels. Sting Frees Himself With the Writing of ‘The Last Ship’ 2013-09-12T12:00:01Z The Beauty, the Banshee & Me Writer-performer Cathy Lind Hayes’ autobiographical solo play about being adopted and searching for her birth mother. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 12-19: 'Forever Plaid' and more 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Can you elaborate on what you see as the difference between autobiographical and personal? Noah Baumbach Knows What You’re Thinking 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Both Louis’s deeply autobiographical novel and J. D. Vance’s memoir are stories by precocious young men about the savagery of their childhoods. ‘The End of Eddy’ Captures a Savage Childhood and a Global Movement 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The actress Keira Knightley voices Salomon, who became known posthumously for “Life? or Theatre?,” the vast series of autobiographical gouaches she painted while living in the South of France. ‘Charlotte’ Review: An Artist’s Brief Life 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Woody Allen comparisons come to mind, but Top Five almost feels like Rock’s 8 1/2, a goofy-yet-melancholy autobiographical statement. The Best Movies That Didn't Get Nominated for Any Oscars This Year 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z As I attempted to summarise the plot of his deeply autobiographical play about a struggling young writer in New Orleans, I heard increasingly loud rumbles of laughter coming from across the table. Tennessee Williams at 100: funnier than ever 2011-03-28T14:22:40Z It is difficult to discern what is autobiographical and what is not in “Moonglow.” In “Moonglow,” Michael Chabon Builds a Scale Model of the Broken World 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z But the Ballez founder has worked with each performer to add touches of autobiographical specificity, so that the production, Pyle says, speaks to “the dancers’ histories, and ways of coping — the ways they’ve suffered.” This LGBTQ ‘Giselle’ celebrates individuality, putting a spotlight on non-inclusiveness in classical ballet 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The book includes sketches of city life, portraits of rural women and a loosely autobiographical section titled “Kabnis” about a conflicted, racially mixed man. Scholars Say Chronicler of Black Life Passed for White 2010-12-26T21:46:48Z Speaking from the dressing room at East West Players’ theater in downtown L.A., where the West Coast premiere of “Kentucky” runs through Dec. 11, Winkler says the new work is “circumstantially autobiographical.” A young playwright's quest to ask difficult questions about race, class and gender 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z She is putting together an autobiographical photographic “visual diary of myself and others.” Richie Shazam Is a ‘Multi-Hyphenated Renaissance Woman’ 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Fox, however, goes far beyond Jones’s autobiographical account by enlarging its scope. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Hustvedt argues that this was both truthful and savvy of Ms. Bourgeois, recognizing how women’s art was invariably viewed by the art world as autobiographical and pre-empting minimizing discussion of husband and children. Louise Bourgeois Shares Her Deepest Secrets 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The novel often has the feel of an autobiographical story, brimming over as it does with vivid details of poor, rural Southern life. How to survive a summer at gay conversion camp 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z Inevitably the show also became autobiographical, and the catalog is essentially an artist’s book. William Wegman Show at Bowdoin College Museum of Art 2012-07-27T14:23:59Z Filmmaker Joe Swanberg will be on hand for a screening of his "Full Moon Trilogy": three connected, autobiographical works about independent moviemaking. At a Theater Near You: Nordic Lights film fest 2012-01-05T21:44:06Z And Karina" – his younger, strikingly attractive present wife – "has always said, because she also writes, that if ever she writes an autobiographical thing she would like to call it The Sixth Mrs Brink. A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z "Self-congratulation, self-justification, self-pity and plain old bitterness don't really make it as motors for good autobiographical prose," he notes, a little regretfully. Apathy for the Devil: A 1970s Memoir by Nick Kent | Book review 2010-03-27T00:08:00Z “Even if the defendant dresses up in a coat and tie for his trial to present a respectable image, the video — especially if considered autobiographical — could undo that in a hurry,” he said. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z Goodman’s book has been billed as memoir, but it contains almost no autobiographical information. The Beautiful Unrelatability of Wendy Goodman’s Book About Élite Homes 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z How much of the book is autobiographical is never really made clear, but beside the point. The Writing Life of a Young, Prolific Poet 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Draft one is autobiographical, but by draft 25, it's something else after so many rewrites, it takes on its own life. Actress Lake Bell finds her directorial voice "In A World" 2013-01-23T13:06:30Z With a strong, articulate, Betty Carter-like voice, she improvises with her group, telling stories and pulling words apart; the songs, some autobiographical, move through free jazz and some swing and blues language. CareFusion, Vision, Undead and Other Jazz Fests 2010-06-10T22:15:00Z As a gripping autobiographical tale that charts Ms. Williams-Haas’s journey from alcoholism to recovery, it occasionally seemed to have little need of music. Five Nights of New Music, From Gentle to Terrifying 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z She’s planning an album of her original compositions, many of which are autobiographical. Carmen Cusack, star of Edie Brickell and Steve Martin’s 'Bright Star,' finds her place in L.A. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But her art has proved far more than scandalous, as viewers have discovered her genius at telling emotionally riveting, autobiographical stories. In Transit: Controversy and Fabric at Emin Show in London 2011-05-27T10:00:44Z Look, my songwriting has always been autobiographical, and always will be. Robin Thicke on ‘Blurred Lines’ and Learning From His Mistakes 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z We infer both from watching the film and reading Apatow's comments about it that is autobiographical in an emotional rather than literal sense. This Is 40 – review 2013-02-17T00:06:00Z A person changes over time, so why should her autobiographical dance solo stay the same? Review: Ayelen Parolin’s ‘25.06.76’ Evolves as She Does 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z No doubt that’s true, but as viewers we can’t possibly know what parts of a film are autobiographical and what parts are invented, and it doesn’t much matter. Revenge against rape culture: Micro-indie film “Felt” is a Rorschach test for gender relations 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z This is fictional autobiography or autobiographical fiction that refuses to name — and thereby limit — itself. In 'Transit,' Rachel Cusk continues to slyly blur the lines that surround fiction 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s all framed with autobiographical musings about growing up as a gay child of straight parents, and ultimately becoming a parent myself. My Stories Become Someone Else’s: Adapting a Book to Film 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z I'm tempted to file this one as her most autobiographical role to date. Julianne Moore on Maps to the Stars: 'The longer you live the Hollywood lifestyle, the more empty you become' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The title characters of the autobiographical “Kita y Fernanda” are the daughters of the live-in maid and the woman of the house, respectively, who grow up together over treacherous fault lines of class and language. Mexican? American? Call Her Writer 2011-03-25T00:30:30Z “Songs of Innocence” was as explicitly autobiographical as U2 had ever been, including one song named after Bono’s mother, “Iris,” and another citing the street where he grew up, “Cedarwood Road.” U2 Offer ‘Songs of Experience’ to a World That’s on Fire 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Chavez blends autobiographical elements of her family history into the set-up of the play. 'They Shoot Mexicans, Don't They?' leads a monthlong look at Latino representation 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z "As much as everyone would like to think that 'The Brothers Size' is an autobiographical play, my brother wasn't in jail till after I wrote the play," he said. The choir sings, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney takes up the tune 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z What’s autobiographical is the confusion I felt as a child over the fact that my family, like many Upper West Side Reform Jewish families in the nineteen-fifties, celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas. A Nineteen-Fifties Jewish-American Christmas Story 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z She precociously publishes an autobiographical novel, but is plagued by the sense that she lifted her literary voice from Lila. Elena Ferrante and What Liking Is Like 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But does that mean that music from this period is more likely to be connected to autobiographical memories? Why we’re obsessed with music from our youth 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Here, in a convenient two volumes, was her vulgar, autobiographical, fantastical explosion of gender, self-expression, and identity performance. It’s Julie Doucet’s World 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Which brings me to perennial question No. 4: Is your fiction autobiographical? Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z He cries all over the place in the first three volumes of his six-part autobiographical novel, “My Struggle,” especially in Books One and Three. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle: Book Three’ 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Health emergencies ground this moving autobiographical novel by a Bosnian writer who survived the Siege of Sarajevo and moved to Phoenix with his family in 1996. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z There’s a harrowing autobiographical novel about birth and death all at once, along with memoirs from a Chinese filmmaker and an indigenous Canadian writer. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Pulling wasn’t exactly autobiographical, but some true stories found their way in: yes, Horgan once ate a takeaway she found in a phonebox. Sharon Horgan: ‘I want adventures. I want to do stuff that's challenging’ 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z A former Fulbright fellow, he is the recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award and the recent author of the autobiographical “The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border.” Library of Congress National Book Festival: Understanding Our World schedule 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z After college, when Updike was newly married and had a family to feed, his autobiographical first attempt at a novel, “Home,” was rejected by Harper. Books of The Times: ‘Updike,’ Adam Begley’s Look at a Novelist’s Career 2014-04-08T17:28:46Z The flower installation oozes a delicate but defiant autobiographical dimension. '@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz' a powerful meditation on repression 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s a subject he explored poignantly in his autobiographical monologue “Hymn,” in which his onstage alter ego spoke of his early exposure to classical music, which made him feel “I had been set free.” Review: Song Trumps Senility in the Angry ‘Allelujah!’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z He was especially proud of his books, including “Enter Laughing,” an autobiographical novel later adapted into a film and Broadway show; and “My Anecdotal Life,” a memoir published in 2003. Carl Reiner, beloved creator of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ dies 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The novels are partly autobiographical, sparse but intricate and psychologically compelling. A Physician Examines His Novels 2010-09-03T22:26:00Z “Untraceable,” his first spy thriller after four novels that were more autobiographical in nature, shares some of le Carré’s fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil. Raised on Le Carré, He Wrote a Thriller Dipped in Poison 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z The captious, however, might complain that Levi’s autobiographical writings are somewhat repetitive, his essays a bit dry and his fantasy fiction rather labored. ‘The Complete Works of Primo Levi’: A literary treasury on humanity 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z For an autobiographical novel, there's very little about your parents. Sheila Heti: 'I love dirty books' 2013-01-19T17:30:01Z Gerald Durrell’s autobiographical “My Family and Other Animals” is also hilarious, but are there any funny novels that will appeal to a broader audience? Dear Match Book: Funny Pages 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The concerto is autobiographical: its four movements, Schoenberg suggested, reflect sentiments like “Life was so easy” and “A grave situation was created.” Music Review: New York Philharmonic and Emanuel Ax Play Schoenberg 2012-10-05T23:16:56Z And yet people often assume your work is autobiographical? Miranda July: 'There's so much anarchistic potential for self-invention right now' 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z I’m hoping that the number of monsters and murderers in its pages will put at least some of the autobiographical questions to rest. What It Felt Like When “Cat Person” Went Viral 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Last year Mr. Galati, reuniting with Ms. Ahrens and Mr. Flaherty, directed the premiere of a new musical there called “Knoxville,” based on James Agee’s autobiographical novel, “A Death in the Family.” Frank Galati, Mainstay of Chicago Theater, Dies at 79 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The author of the six-volume autobiographical novel “My Struggle” and, most recently, “Autumn” steers clear of crime fiction: “I only read crime novels when I’m depressed, so I try to avoid them.” Karl Ove Knausgaard: By the Book 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z After the tweet went viral, he took that conversation to the stage, making a funny autobiographical show that allows sadness in. He Made a Show About Grief. She Saw Herself In It. 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In his recent first solo New York show at Malin Gallery, Craig showed autobiographical canvases often painted on leather purse fragments stitched together as a skin, referencing the Black body in the prison system. From Prison to the Art Gallery 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z She’s written a nonfiction manuscript at last — a autobiographical book, refracted through her relationships — but has set it aside for the time being. She Never Existed. Catherine Lacey Wrote Her Biography Anyway. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z But "The Road" may be the most directly autobiographical song she's written about that time in her life, raising the question: Why now? Emmylou Harris lives in the moment, sings about the past 2011-04-25T16:03:05Z “How autobiographical is this?” he asked, gesturing to another armoire. | The Legendary Gaetano Pesce on Work and Life 2013-05-08T22:13:22Z Like his crónicas, the novel combines fiction and fact; its dedication, addressed to a community of which Lemebel was a part, suggests that the material is at least partly autobiographical. A Surreal End for an Unforgettable Queen: Pedro Lemebel, 1952-2015 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z After proposing connections between a piece of Hansberry’s queer fiction and her life, Perry concedes, “But I cannot say this story is autobiographical, in whole or part.” A New Biography of a Brilliant Playwright Who Died Too Young 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z “Legend of a Suicide” is largely autobiographical, inspired by a real-life event. The Family History Is Grim, but He?s Plotted a New Course 2011-01-14T22:35:51Z The show, some two years in the making, was initially conceived around a self-portrait by the contemporary photographer Thomas Struth in which he examines an autobiographical painting by the Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. Self-Portraits by Edvard Munch, Lucian Freud, Cindy Sherman, and Other Top Artists 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Stockhausen dwells on dated clichés of the eternal feminine and indulges in autobiographical episodes that might have embarrassed even Richard Strauss. An Operatic Conundrum Untangled 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z “Deaf and Blind” is the most autobiographical of my stories. This Week in Fiction: Lara Vapnyar on a First Encounter with Great Love 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Q: Do people assume all of your songs are autobiographical? On ‘Vice,’ etc.: Miranda Lambert isn’t afraid to put it all out there, in music and life 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “The collection is definitely a bit autobiographical,” Kakanias says of the eight fabric and three wallpaper patterns. Blithe Spirit 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Do you think the assumption that work must be autobiographical is made more of female fiction writers than male? Curtis Sittenfeld: 'I know my characters are unlikable sometimes' 2013-06-15T16:30:00Z At the same time, in the 1995 “Ashes to Ashes,” a wrenching account in words and family photographs of her mother’s death from cigarette-related emphysema, she is forthrightly autobiographical. Art in Review: ADRIAN PIPER: ?Past Time: Selected Works 1973-1995? 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z Think about it: For an autobiographical writer, the life is the material. Finally, in one volume: Henry Roth's 'Mercy of a Rude Stream' 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z In this autobiographical solo show, he tackles identity as an immigrant separated from his Irish homeland, along with memories of love and failure as people age. Gabriel Byrne’s ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Is Heading to Broadway 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z At the time of his death, he was working on his autobiographical documentary. Charles Connor, drummer for Little Richard, dies at age 86 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z As I knew from having read her most autobiographical works, Colette’s sensibility, by turns tender and sharp, sensual and austere, had been born and nurtured here, in this house and in this village. Colette’s Burgundy 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z As a backdrop to this autobiographical coming-of-age story, Naples is at turns fantastical and decadent, sunny and unpredictable, comfortably familiar and ultimately confining. Naples, a City of Contradictions, Is Once Again a Home for Cinema 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The standout number, by a long way, is the tender, autobiographical Crying at Christmas, in which Hoyle recalls his wild youth and the friends who didn't survive it. Merrie Hell – review 2012-12-13T18:15:57Z Two moving autobiographical stories, both with comic touches, offer largely sober accounts of life in the classroom. Fall Back Into the School Year With Books by, for and About Teachers 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Devastatingly candid, this autobiographical novel is written by a former Army medic now in prison for bank robbery. 50 notable works of fiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s an autobiographical solo show about gender transition in which he plays his parents, his classmates, his doctors and his girlfriend – everyone but himself. Review | ‘Draw the Circle’ puts a surprising frame on a transgender story 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z It tells the apparently autobiographical story of two New York bohemians who’d once been inseparable, before the narrator got famous and her hard-living pal Johnny ended up on the street. St. Vincent Flirts With Autobiography and the Sounds of the ’70s 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Given Phillips' stature in the Seattle film community, it's hard not to think that there's a pretty strong autobiographical element to the film. 'Bass Ackwards': Salvation through a VW van 2010-06-11T00:01:00Z Along the way, the autobiographical song kicked up tabloid and social media speculation as listeners tried to piece together its real-life parallels as if it were a track by Rodrigo’s hero, Taylor Swift. Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Hit No. 1 in a Week. Here’s How. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Although the field sounds crowded, one of the pleasures of these books is the way in which writers have found their own space, often through an autobiographical concern. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z Dancing with Butterflies, again with autobiographical impetus, focuses on several different women connected by their love of Folklorico dance, a mosaic of immigrants and daughters of immigrants and their struggles living here. Never stop crossing borders 2013-01-27T15:59:00Z In her 40s, in 1996, Ms. Heller was “demolished” to read the manuscript of his book “Something Happened”, a largely autobiographical novel that she describes as “569 pages of biting, caustically wrapped smoldering rage.” Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z He also gave expression to those views in a series of autobiographical novels, starting with “Train Whistle Guitar” in 1974. Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z Based on the autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue from award-winning playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, it tells of a boy struggling with an addict mother and a school rife with homophobia. Moonlight's Tarell Alvin McCraney: 'I never had a coming out moment' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z It was Green who showed him that “that confessional, autobiographical, intimate, unsayable material is perfectly fine content for comics,” Spiegelman said. Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’ 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z He decided that he wanted “Blonde” and “Endless” to be more autobiographical than his earlier releases. Frank Ocean Is Finally Free, Mystery Intact 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z And sprinkled throughout these briefings were flights of bizarre autobiographical self-indulgence—projecting his mother and his daughters on screens behind him on Mother's Day, for example—that were simultaneously so heartfelt and so tone deaf. Pater Familiar: Watching Andrew Cuomo's pandemic briefings finally let me grieve my father 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z His books read less like novels than an unconventional form of autobiographical therapy. Psycho, genius ... fraud? 2010-07-26T07:00:00Z In his first book, the autobiographical novel “Propaganda Death,” one winding scene full of horror and bravado concludes with a childhood memory. A French Writer Who Blurred the Line Between Candor and Provocation 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z "The only thing I inherited from my father is his heartburn and impatience," Dayan said at a press event in 2011 that launched the production of a 2013 autobiographical film, "Life as a Rumor". Israeli filmmaker Assi Dayan, son of defense minister Moshe, dies aged 68 2014-05-01T12:23:54Z Actor and director Guillaume Gallienne plays himself and impersonates his mother - often in the same scene - in the autobiographical film "Me, Myself and Mum", which also took the award for best first film. Comedy on gender confusion sweeps French Cesar film awards 2014-03-01T14:03:47Z And playing his most autobiographical character in his most autobiographical play, I really felt connected to him and his lineage in a way that made me feel this was an organic progression. Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto give voice to the prickly friendship of authors "Truman & Tennessee" 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z “It is and it isn’t autobiographical,” Lee told the Tribune about her book. My Harper Lee pilgrimage: Visiting Monroeville, in search of “Mockingbird’s” essence 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The Realest MC,” loosely based on the story of Pinocchio and an autobiographical look at coming out in a hip-hop world. | Kyle Abraham: Kyle Abraham, on Pittsburgh and ‘Pavement’ 2012-08-11T21:59:52Z But I mean, you don’t see me interjecting autobiographical asides, like the fact that I wound up getting fired from that library gig for reading on the job. Assassination Fascination: A Review of Laurent Binet's Prize-Winning HHhH 2012-04-25T10:45:49Z Much of the highlighted artists’ work is autobiographical, although often indirectly. Review | In the galleries: Rejuvenating the obsolete into unconventional art 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Similarly, in real life, Mel Gibson hopes that, by alluding to the messes of his life through the medium of a vaguely autobiographical film, The Beaver will help him achieve something similar. Mel Gibson leaves it to The Beaver 2010-12-08T11:44:00Z The autobiographical urge behind van Gogh’s painting was important, which is why we acknowledge it. Review | Vincent van Gogh’s early work was mediocre. This exhibition shows how he became great. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Now 73, Irving is clearly in a retrospective, if not autobiographical, mood. John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries’: One writer’s beginnings 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Where those artists have often mined autobiographical facts and episodes to create their hallucinatory installations, however, Mr. Singh and his colleagues relied on an unsettling form of primitivism. Art Review: ‘Alexandre Singh: The Pledge’ at the Drawing Center 2013-01-17T20:50:38Z This confrontational approach began with the publication of his first autobiographical novel “The End of Eddy,” which was translated into multiple languages and came out in the United States last year. For the French Author Édouard Louis, His Books Are His Weapon 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Every curve, knob and seam is autobiographical, but not only that. Review | In the galleries: Artist’s works criss-cross the paths of U.S. colonialism 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The autobiographical “Editing Floor Blues” is a bittersweet look at the fading of youthful optimism. A jazz retrieval, a Beatles translation & Cat Stevens redux | New recordings 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Lovette’s musicality taps into a feeling, an idea that seems autobiographical: that a loner can find hope when dance is the balm. Dancing at Paul Taylor, a New Generation Finds Its Footing 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi Among her most explicitly autobiographical installations, the Cells recreate architectures that Bourgeois remembered from childhood. The best of Louise Bourgeois 2010-06-01T14:06:00Z Gray brought the invigorating ease of a gifted downhill skier to his autobiographical monologues, the best of them “Swimming to Cambodia,” made into a film in 1987 by Jonathan Demme. Books of The Times: ?Journals of Spalding Gray,? Edited by Nell Casey - Review 2011-10-17T21:27:58Z That guidance provides the title for Polley’s first book, “Run Towards the Danger,” a collection of autobiographical essays that Penguin Press will release on March 1. Sarah Polley Is OK With Oversharing 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Salman Rushdie is the author of 11 novels and, most recently, the autobiographical memoir “Joseph Anton.” Essay: Gabriel García Márquez’s Work Was Rooted in the Real 2014-04-21T18:37:38Z It's an autobiographical tale, covering his attempt to freeload his way through an England Test series in India by masquerading as a cricket journalist. This week's new comedy 2011-02-12T00:05:45Z You could argue that it’s a distinction without much of a difference, since this movie, premiering Friday on Netflix, is obviously — poignantly, hilariously, disarmingly — autobiographical. ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review: Rapper’s Delight 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z His memoir, also titled “Unmasked,” will serve as the inspiration for the show’s autobiographical element. ‘Unmasked,’ a Musical Celebrating Andrew Lloyd Webber, to Open at Playhouse in N.J. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z The pieces about golf reprise ideas already explored in his 1996 book “Golf Dreams,” just as the autobiographical ones reverberate with echoes of his 1989 memoir, “Self-Consciousness.” Books of The Times: ?Higher Gossip? by John Updike - Review 2011-11-28T22:39:39Z His life was the subject of films and acclaimed autobiographical works. Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z This enchanting exhibition features 80 original drawings for two chapters from the autobiographical story “Nothing Lasts.” Seth, Poet of the Ordinary, in ‘Nothing Lasts’ 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z |
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