Newsletter Biographile - July 16, 2015

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Tell us what you think about Biographile:  Take our short survey Jul 16, 2015 09:44 am Colonialism, Obsession, and Cocovores: Christian Kracht’s “Imperium” Kracht's novel 'Imperium' offers a surreal vantage point from which to view totalitarian states and the fictionalized life of August Engelhardt.      Jul 15, 2015 09:30 am Must Everybody Get Stoned? A Doctor Investigates Writer-illustrator Nathan Gelgud riffs on 'Stoned: A Doctor's Case for Medical Marijuana,' a new book by David Casarett.      Jul 15, 2015 08:50 am Driving Hungry: 5 International Foodie Memoirs Layne Mosler, author of Driving Hungry, is just one of many who’ve followed their stomachs around the world in search of the perfect meal.      Jul 15, 2015 07:30 am Writing is a Lot Like Eating, and Other Observations From a SF Cafe Sometimes you're hungry, sometimes you're bored. Michelle Miller, author of The Underwriting, joins Biographile to discuss the similarities between writing and eating.      Jul 14, 2015 10:43 am In the News: Winehouse Documentary Conquers the Box Office and More Also this week, Johnny Marr takes a break from music to pen his memoir, Carly Simon’s autobiography is in the works, and Joe Strummer is due to get his own biopic.      Jul 14, 2015 09:37 am Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Leap Into the Racially Charged 1960s We sit down with historian Daniel Geary to talk about Daniel Moynihan and his role in the discussion of race in the 1960s.      Jul 13, 2015 12:29 pm Fear and Loathing: 12 Hunter Thompson Quotes for Fringe Dwellers In honor of Hunter S. Thompson's birthday, we present twelve quotes that are as confrontational and honest as the man who wrote them.