Catherine Lacey with Regina Marler: Biography of X

Biography of X, named one of The Great American Novels by The Atlantic, and “a Russian Doll of a book” by the Financial Times, is a novel disguised in biographical form. When “X”, an iconoclastic artist dies suddenly, her grief stricken widow begins to realize how little she knew the woman she loves. Together with Regina Marler, New York Review of Books essayist, she discusses whether an artist’s story can ever be truly known, and how our own stories impact our experience of art. 

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