Newsletter Biographile - Octomber 9, 2015

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Oct 08, 2015 07:30 am How to Hold Onto Your Muses: An Essay on Early Inspiration For Biographile’s Under the Influence series, Diane Chamberlain thinks back to her original muses, Paul, Mick, and James. (Yes, that Paul, Mick, and James.)      Oct 08, 2015 06:30 am Watch: Arwen Elys Dayton on the Book That Blew Her Mind For Biographile’s Under the Influence series, Arwen talks about the book that blew her mind as a kid and more.      Oct 07, 2015 05:15 pm Justice Breyer on the Court, the World, and the Staid Role of SCOTUS With his book The Court and the World, Justice Breyer seeks to explain and demystify the Supreme Court and its role as an American democratic institution.      Oct 07, 2015 02:34 pm The Best Reading List of the Year is in Patti Smith’s M Train In her new memoir M Train, Patti Smith does a lot of inventory taking: Coffee cups, manuscripts, mescal, and a whole lot of influential writers.      Oct 07, 2015 09:49 am The Odd and Expert Mind of D&D Creator Gary Gygax We spoke with Gary Gygax biographer Michael Witwer about Empire of Imagination, his experiences with Dungeons and Dragons, and much more.      Oct 07, 2015 07:00 am An Ode to the Bard: Michael Golding on Shakespeare and His Worlds For Biographile’s Under the Influence series, Michael Golding pays homage to the one and the only William Shakespeare.      Oct 06, 2015 12:17 pm In the News: The Hidden Kennedy, Sorkin’s New Project, and More In the news this week, Rosemary Kennedy’s life finally surfaces, Phil Knight and Maynard Keenan each pen a memoir, and Aaron Sorkin has a new project.