Deirdre Bair is a national book award winner and has given us Five award-winning biographies. RJ Julia recently held an event for the literary biographer who told Roxanne how she came to write the first complete biography of legendary gangster Al Capone. Also in this episode, we chat with guests of RJ Julia and ask them what they are reading. Plus, we find out what's on Roxanne's nightstand.     Books in this episode: Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair Ulysses by James Joyce The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani Calling it Quits: Late Life Divorce and Starting Over by Deirdre Bair The Sympathizer: A Novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine ThienLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices