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Conference2012 B I O T h i r d A n n u A l CompleatConferen BiographerC2012e May 18–20, 2012 Davidson Conference Center, University of Southern California 3415 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles Hollywood Enigma Hollywood Madonna Dana Andrews Loretta Young By Carl Rollyson By Bernard F. Dick The long-awaited, complete The first comprehensive biography of the great noir actor biography of the complex who perfected the male mask of Academy Award-winning actress steely impassivity whose film career spanned over seventy years $35 hardback • $35 Ebook $35 hardback • $35 Ebook Forthcoming September 2012 Barbara Stanwyck The Miracle Woman By Dan Callahan A fascinating biography of the multi-award-winning actress who left her mark on both Hollywood and Broadway in a career that UNIVERSITY PRESS lasted over half a century OF MISSISSIPPI University Press of Mississippi $35 hardback • $35 Ebook www.upress.state.ms.us 800-737-7788 The 2012 BIO Award Recipient: Arnold Rampersad A biographer and literary critic, Rampersad is the author of the two- volume a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1986, and Life Of Langston Hughes, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. His Ralph Ellison: A Biography, other books include (1976), The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. DuBois Days of coauthored with Arthur Ashe (1993), and Grace: A Memoir, Jackie Robinson (1997). He is the editor of and two volumes of works by Richard The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes Wright (Library of America edition). Rampersad received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1991. Professor of English and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, he has also taught at Rutgers, Columbia, and Princeton. His scholarly interests include nineteenth- and twentieth- century American literature, the literature of the American South, American and African-American biography, race and American literature, and the Harlem Renaissance. Rampersad is a member of the American Academy of Arts and the American Philosophical Society. James McGrath Morris, Advisory Council Executive Director continued Conference Site John Matteson Committee William S. McFeely BIO Officers Beverly Gray, Jon Meacham Nigel Hamilton, Lois Banner chair President Nancy Milford Charles J. Shields, Heather Robinson Long Vice President Andrew Morton Brian Jay Jones, Deborah Martinson Secretary Martin J. Sherwin Béatrice Mousli T. J. Stiles BIO Board Gretchen Woelfle Carol DeBoer-Langworthy, William Taubman treasurer Terry Teachout Jonathan Eig Harriet Reisen Angelicaand: Carpenter Gayle Feldman Hans Renders Susan Compo Noel Riley Fitch Carl Rollyson Conference Planning Stephen Cooper Anne C. Heller Stacy Schiff Committee Ed Cray Kitty Kelley Will Swift Charles J. Shields, chair Susan Henry Eve LaPlante Steve Weinberg Joan Barthel Emily Hite Andrew Lownie Ellen Firsching Brown Laura Hoopes Lesley Coffin Jon Krampner BIO Advisory Council Beverly Gray Alexis O’Neill Debby Applegate, Thomas Jeffers Ann Seaman chair Deirdre Bair Louise (Lucy) W. Knight Kathleen Sheldon Douglas Brinkley Miriam Pawel Joe Woodward Robert Caro Robin Rausch Catherine Clinton Carl Rollyson BIO Award Doris Kearns Goodwin Carol Sklenicka Nomination Committee Will Swift Joan Hedrick John A. Farrell Michael Holroyd Charlotte D. Jacobs Justin Kaplan Conference Program Will Swift Eric Lax Committee Steve Weinberg David Levering Lewis Cathy Curtis Greg Daugherty Biographers International Organization 3 Saturday, May 19 | Panels and Panelists Show Me the Money: How to Finance and Manage the Cost of Your Work 9:00–10:30am Location: CardinaL-GoLd Room Explore a wide variety of ways of financing your project, including grants and fellowships, raising funds through “chip-in” websites, and partnerships (with writers, scholars, filmmakers, and magazines). Writers’ colonies will also be discussed. Moderator such publications as the and The. She Paris recently Review, completedLos Angeles a biography Times, Scott Martelle is a veteran journalist (including a dozen The Dallas Morning News years as a staff writer) and the author of three of author Suzanne Collins and is currently working on a history books,Los Angeles each Timesof which has incorporated elements of biography of Wyclef Jean. Hoover is in the early stages of biography. His current book is a look at researching a biography of Robert Hayden, for which she the long rise and relatively quickDetroit: fall of A one Biography, of America’s great is seeking a publisher. She launched a successful Kickstarter cities. He also has written campaign to fund a residency to work on that bio at the Blood (2007) Passion: Theand Ludlow Massacre Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in 2011. and Class War in the American West (2011),The Fear aboutWithin: the Spies, Commies, and American Democracy on Trial robin rauSch is the author of “A Partnership in Art: The first of the post-World War II Smith Act trials of American MacDowells and Their Legacy,” an essay commissioned for the Communist Party leaders. commemorative book which tellsA the Place story for the of Arts: America’s The MacDowell premier Colony artists’ Panelists residency1907-2007, program. A senior music specialist at the Library of elizabeth hoover is a poet, critic, and journalist. She Congress, Rausch is working on a biography of the colony’s has contributed poetry reviews and author interviews to cofounder, pianist Marian MacDowell. Join Debby Applegate, Charles • $15,000 in cash Biographers International Organization Shields, and top-tier writers awards extends its thanks to from the U.S. and around the • Opportunities to globe at this nationally meet with publishers THE MAYBORN acclaimed annual event where and literary agents Literary Nonfiction Conference journalists, writers, readers, • Inspiration for July 21–23, 2012 students, and educators meet to practicing the craft of discuss their accomplishments, writing at the highest Grapevine, TX aspirations and angst. possible level Biographers International Organization extends its thanks to Phyllis McKee graphic and web design 12 Key Street Freedom to Write Fund Millis, Massachusetts 02054 508∙376∙3717 for its support of the mckeedesignweb.com 2012 Compleat Biographer Conference [email protected] 4 Biographers International Organization It Takes Two to Interview 9:00–10:30am Location: FiGueroa Room Experienced biographers explain how they locate worthwhile interviewees, persuade them to talk, evaluate their credibility, and remember what they say. Moderator nancy lutKehauS is professor of anthropology, gender studies, and political science at the University of Southern Kathleen Sharp is an award-winning journalist and the author California. She researches Melanesian gender and social of four acclaimed books. Her latest, , is about a man who organization, political and economic anthropology, religion, unwittingly sold a deadly biotech drug.Blood It hasFeud been optioned by and symbolic anthropology. Recent research involves the study New Regency. is her biography of legendary of women, children, gendered missions, and the maternal Universal StudiosMr. chiefand Mrs. Lew Hollywood Wasserman. Praised as “dramatic and behavior of Catholic nuns in Papua New Guinea. Lutkehaus is enthralling,” it was made into the documentary film the author of (2008), for ThinkFilm. Sharp has written for many publications,The Last including Mogul and author or Margaretcoauthor Mead: of several The Making other of books,an American including Icon and , and has contributed to (1995). She wasZaria’s a NPR’sVanity Fair The New. YorkHer Times awards Magazine include a fellowship from the GettyFire: Engendered Research Moments Scholar in in Manam 2008–2009. Ethnography UniversityMorning of Southern Edition California. ann SeaMan began writing in 1973 about the music scene in her hometown, Austin, Texas. She has written, edited, and Panelists produced materials for magazines, newspapers, TV, and film. Stephen cooper is the editor of and the Her biographies are: Perspectives on John Huston author of Cooper discovered (“…aSwaggart: mirror The on Unauthorized the lurching Biography changes of in an Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante. and edited the manuscript of John Fante’s last book, religion,American Evangelistsex and media in the late 20th century”— The Big , and co-edited ) and Chicago Hunger: Stories 1932–1959 John Fante: A Critical His biography of Fante and his edition of Tribune America’s Most (“…structured Hated Woman: The like Life a andmovie Gruesome thriller… Death Gathering. The John Fante were named Best Books of the Year. Winner wellof Madalyn balanced Murray and O’Hair thoroughly researched”— ). Reader Los Angeles Times of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, Cooper is professor Seaman divides her time between Austin andSecular Los Angeles. Nation of English at California State University, Long Beach, where he enjoys teaching courses in fiction writing, literature, and film. The Biographer and the Biopic 9:00–10:30am Location: Board Room Screenwriters and authors explore the challenges in moving from the book to the screenplay and talk about key aspects of a successful screen adaptation: infusing suspense into a narrative that unfolds over many years, creating character arcs, defining pivotal story moments that evoke larger dramas, and maintaining fidelity to the facts of a life as it was lived. Moderator franchise, and The Chronicles Their oftrue-story Narnia crime film Captain America: directed The First JacK el-hai is the author of a biography in byAvenger. Michael Bay, is in production. McFeelyPain
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