SVWC READS: A. Scott Berg

During our latest SVWC NOW video webcast recording, alumnus A. SCOTT BERG spoke with our Associate Director ANNE TAYLOR FLEMING about writing biographies. “A good biography chronicles more than a single life,” Berg says. “It elucidates the times. If done well, they are not only timely but timeless. A good biography should be about more than its subject; it should tell us something about the subject’s world and also the world at large, maybe even something about the human condition.” Scott is currently writing a biography of Thurgood Marshall. Asked to recommend other biographers, Scott extols the works of DAVID MCCULLOUGH, DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN, and T. J. STILES. He also recommends the biographies below.

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