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IRREPRESSIBLE out in PAPERBACK and featured on NYTBR Paperback Row

September 9, 2016

“IRREPRESSIBLE: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, by Emily Bingham. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $16.) Henrietta, the author’s violet-eyed, statuesque great-aunt, had a capacity to make men and women fall in love with her. In this biography, Bingham tracks her great-aunt’s life, which coincided with a brief period in the 1900s when unconventional desires […]

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Irrepressible Awarded 2016 LAMBDA Literary Award

March 8, 2016

The 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards were chosen from a record 933 submissions (up from 818 last year) from 321 publishers. The winners were announced at a gala ceremony June 6, 2016 in New York City.

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Irrepressible Nominated for Plutarch Award

February 16, 2016

A distinguished panel of judges made up of members of Biographers International Organization (BIO) has selected ten nominees for the 2015 Plutarch Award. The Plutarch is the only international literary award presented to biography, by biographers. Following the announcement of the ten nominees, BIO’s Plutarch Committee will next narrow the list to four finalists. BIO […]

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Irrepressible now available in audio

November 20, 2015

For you and all your friends who love to listen, Henrietta as narrated by Christina Delaine is perfection. Add a little Jelly Roll or Ma Rainey and you’ll be totally set up.

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Ed Kosner praises Irrepressible

September 8, 2015

“Emily Bingham’s painstaking reconstruction of Henrietta’s story shows that she was a pioneer of sorts—a poignant case of a life unspooled before the world was ready for her odd grace.”  

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Dallas Morning News praises Irrepressible

June 20, 2015

“With a revolving celebrity cast, Irrepressible takes place against a tapestry of the 20th century from 1901 to 1968. We invade the privacy of a glamorous, illustrious clan with enough tragedy, turmoil and feuding for a prime-time TV series. And though Henrietta never genuflected to convention, we feel the cold, numbing fear of discovery in […]

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