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author of merle oberon biography LOVE, QUEENIE (2025), a finalist for the national book critics circle award for biography; no longer on here—IG: mayukh.sen
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The Tawdry, Opulent World of James Bidgood’s Underground Classic Pink Narcissus

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By Mayukh Sen Verified
| criterion.com
In 1971, upon the release of his first and only feature film, James Bidgood pulled a disappearing act. He had spent the better part of seven years shooting Pink Narcissus, a hallucinatory tale of a daydreaming gay hustler, on an anemic budget, only for a meddlesome financier to snatch the film from him and see it to completion. Bidgood—who had been precious about the final cut—was furious. As a matter of artistic principle, he disavowed the film.
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How Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Redefined Daytime Television

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By Charlotte Druckman Verified, Mayukh Sen Verified
| Literary Hub Verified
It was a breakdown unlike any the soaps had seen. A housewife named Mary Hartman had accepted an invitation to appear on The David Susskind Show, a decision that she likely did not anticipate would end in disaster. A resident of the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, Mary—who wore her auburn hair in two cascading, braided pigtails; dressed in frocks that resembled picnic blankets; and sat with her hands underneath her thighs, like a kindergartener—was out of her depth.
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The Best Biographies: The 2026 NBCC Shortlist

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By Alex Green, Mayukh Sen Verified, Amanda Vaill
| Five Books
What were you and your fellow National Book Critics Circle judges looking for when you were looking for the best biographies of the year? We were looking for books that pushed the edges of the genre, that were well researched, and which weren’t giving us the same story again and again. You know—bringing us stories we might not have heard before. Can you say more about that? There are more biographies being written about people who have not had biographies written about them before.
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