For over forty years, Biography has been an important forum for well-considered biographical scholarship. It features stimulating articles that explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the social sciences as they relate to biography. Each issue also offers insightful reviews, concise excerpts of reviews published elsewhere, an annual bibliography of works about biography, and listings of upcoming events, calls for papers, and news from the field.

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Book Series: Biography Monographs

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1978 to present

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• Recent Articles

• Editor’s Note
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  A Deadly Convergence: Intergenerational Trauma and Psychosis
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  The Ordinary Middle: Everyday Black Women and the Depths of the Unspectacular
  Posted on Wednesday June 17, 2026

  Others in Attendance: Queer Autothanatographical Address in Eric Michaels’s Unbecoming
  Posted on Wednesday June 17, 2026

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  Posted on Wednesday June 17, 2026

  Life-Writing in the History of Archaeology: Critical Perspectives ed. by Clare Lewis and Gabriel Moshenska (review)
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  Hybridity in Life Writing: Combining Text and Images ed. by Arnaud Schmitt (review)
  Posted on Wednesday June 17, 2026

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  The Mountain and The Politics of Representation ed. by Martin Hall and Jenny Hall (review)
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• Editorial Board

• Editors

   

  Cynthia G. Franklin, Center for Biographical Research (CBR), University of Hawai‘i

  Craig Howes, Center for Biographical Research (CBR), University of Hawai‘i

  L. Ayu Saraswati, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Hawaiʻi 

  John David Zuern, Center for Biographical Research (CBR), University of Hawai‘i

  Managing Editor

  Paige Rasmussen, University of Hawai‘i

  Book Review Editor

  Caroline Zuckerman, University of Hawaiʻi

• Indexes

• Articles appearing in Biography are indexed and/or abstracted in:

  Canada in Context, 09/1981-

  Clarivate Analytics–
  Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  Current Contents
  Web of Science

  De Gruyter Saur–
  Dietrich’s Index Philosophicus
  IBZ – Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen
  Zeitschriftenliteratur
  Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und
  Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur

  EBSCOhost–
  Academic Search Alumni Edition, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Complete, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Elite, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Premier, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search: Main Edition, 1/1/2001-
  Advanced Placement Source, 1/1/2001-
  America: History and Life, 1/1/1978-
  Current Abstracts, 1/1/2001-
  Historical Abstracts (Online), 1/1/1978-
  Literary Reference Center, 1/1/2001-
  Literary Reference Center Plus, 1/1/2001-
  Literary Reference Center: Main Edition, 10/1/2004-
  MainFile, 1/1/2001-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 1/1/2001-
  TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 1/1/2001-

  Elsevier BV–
  Scopus, 1999-, 1986-1988, 1984, 1980-1982, 1978

  Gale–
  Academic OneFile, 01/2000-
  Advanced Placement Fine Arts and Music, 09/1981-
  Book Review Index Plus
  CPI.Q (Canadian Periodical Index), 01/2000-
  Expanded Academic ASAP, 12/2000-
  Fine Arts and Music Collection, 09/1981-
  General OneFile, 01/2000-
  General Reference Center, 09/1981-
  General Reference Center Gold, 09/1981-
  General Reference Centre International, 9/1981-
  InfoTrac Custom, 12/2000-
  InfoTrac Junior Edition, 03/2012-
  InfoTrac Student Edition, 06/1985-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Pop Culture Collection, 09/1981-
  Popular Magazines, 12/2000-
  Research In Context, 01/2000-
  Science in Context, 09/1981-
  Student Resources in Context, 09/1981-

  National Periodical Library–
  Guide to Social Work, Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature (Online)

  OCLC–
  ArticleFirst, vol.15, no.3, 1992-vol.34, no.2, 2011
  Electronic Collections Online, vol.20, no.2, 1997-vol.34, no.2, 2011

  ProQuest–
  Art, Design & Architecture Collection, 1/1/1996-
  Arts & Humanities Database, 1/1/1996-
  Arts Premium Collection, 1/1/1996-
  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Core
  Literary Journals Index Full Text
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Periodicals Index Online, 1/1/1978-10/1/2000
  Professional ProQuest Central, 01/01/1996-
  ProQuest 5000, 01/01/1996-
  ProQuest Central, 1/1/1996-
  Research Library, 01/01/1996-
  STEM Database, 1/1/1996-