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Charles J. Shields
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Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
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2006
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19 editions
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And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
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2011
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21 editions
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I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee
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published
2008
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9 editions
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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
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2022
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7 editions
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The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel: John Williams, Stoner, and the Writing Life
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2016
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13 editions
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Imagine: The Story of a Song
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2014
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Mythmaker: The Story of J. K. Rowling
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2002
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Saddam Hussein
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2005
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Roald Dahl
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2002
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Great Plague and Fire of London
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2001
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A Story Within a Story
Sometimes when I'm researching a life for a biography, I get a glimpse into someone else's story by accident.
For the Hansberry biography, a woman in Louisiana sent me the papers of Alton Kelly, a distant cousin of Lorraine's. He had died years ago, and his next-of-kin were nowhere to be found, despite repeated attempts by Alton's friends. The papers I received, very musty, had a few items abou
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For the Hansberry biography, a woman in Louisiana sent me the papers of Alton Kelly, a distant cousin of Lorraine's. He had died years ago, and his next-of-kin were nowhere to be found, despite repeated attempts by Alton's friends. The papers I received, very musty, had a few items abou
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Charles J. Shields
made a comment on
Kenner C’s review
of
Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
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Get some therapy, you disappointed man.
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Charles J. Shields
made a comment on
Melissa’s review
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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
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Now that woke-ism has been discredited, and its underlying racism revealed, would you write the same review now. And sorry, I didn't include more deta
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Charles J. Shields
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Lauren’s review
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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
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Without much illumination? You can say that after I detailed block busting by slumlords like Carl Hansberry; the dynamics of racist Chicago; how Lorra
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Charles J. Shields
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Lady Rose’s review
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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
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Sorry, that's life, lady. Biographers don't have the right to put cliffhangers where there were none. That's honesty. You want cliffhangers? Watch "Wh
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Charles J. Shields
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Lillian’s review
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Lorraine Hansberry: The Life Behind A Raisin in the Sun
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Got a problem with me not being black, Lillian? Or that Lorraine was a slumlord?
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Charles J. Shields
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“To be a serious writer requires discipline that is iron fisted. It’s sitting down and doing it whether you think you have it in you or not. Everyday. Alone. Without interruption. Contrary to what most people think, there is no glamour to writing. In fact, it’s heartbreak most of the time. --Harper Lee”
― Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
― Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
“She just wanted to be comfortable in her own skin...But she would not stop to seek others' approval. The notion that she should never seemed to enter her head. Her right to live as she pleased was not up for negotiation, even if it ran against the grain of the milieu at Huntingdon.”
― Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
― Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee
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