https://slackersmuse.com/tags/biography/ Recent content in biography on Slacker's Muse Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_picasso/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_picasso/ A Review: Picasso Title of Work: Picasso Author: Gertrude Stein Format: Published: 1938 Started: Finished: 2026-05-01\ Posted: Goodreads Rating: 2/5 Stein’s style here doesn’t click with me, repeating herself over and over again in slightly different ways for effect. https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_americankingpintheepichuntforthecriminalmastermindbehindthesilkroad/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_americankingpintheepichuntforthecriminalmastermindbehindthesilkroad/ A Review: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road Title of Work: American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road Author: Nick Bilton Format: Published: 2017 Started: Finished: 2026-03-19\ Posted: Goodreads Rating: 4/5 The way this is written makes it go down (up?) like a whole bunch of teeny tiny lines of true crime coke downloaded from shady corners of the 2013 internet and laid out neatly in front of you. https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_woodyguthriesongsandartwordsandwisdom/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_woodyguthriesongsandartwordsandwisdom/ A Review: Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom Title of Work: Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom Author: Robert Santelli Format: Published: Started: Finished: 2025-09-29\ Posted: Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Wow… wow wow wow. I’m obsessed with this book – the cartoons and the paintings and the songs and the stories and Woody Guthrie, the man himself. Everything we consume makes us different somehow as it passes through, but it’s usually hard to notice. https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_thediaryofanasninvol119311934/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_thediaryofanasninvol119311934/ A Review: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 Title of Work: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 Author: Anaïs Nin Format: Published: Started: Finished: 2025-09-26\ Posted: Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Nin is a great writer and hung around some interesting, influential artists and innovators in her time. She kept a beautiful, narrative diary through most of her life, starting when she was a young girl. Highly self-aware, reflective, sensitive. https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_firstwereadthenwewriteemersononthecreativeprocess/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://slackersmuse.com/posts/br_firstwereadthenwewriteemersononthecreativeprocess/ A Review: First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process Title of Work: First We Read, Then We Write: Emerson on the Creative Process Author: Robert D. Richardson Jr. Format: Published: 2009 Started: Finished: 2025-07-06\ Posted: Goodreads Rating: 2/5 Probably not worth your time. Better off reading the Emerson essays (Nature, The American Scholar, The Poet, etc.) or one of the more substantial Emerson biographies.