“It has become, in fact, the most popular area of nonfiction publishing and broadcasting. From People magazine to A&E’s Biography channel, the urge to interview, record, investigate, and speculate about real individuals has become insatiable — leading to heated debates about our right to privacy and the line separating fiction and nonfiction. Yet, despite the fact that biography has moved to the forefront of the arts today, appearing in every medium from biopics to blogs, the academy still won’t deign to touch it.”