then gloria emerson, a tough-minded new york times war correspondent wrote one novel in her life but might as well have been a memoirs or biography. it was called loving graham greene. about a woman who met graham greene once, instantly took him as the beacon, a light and started praying to him and sending him letters and kissing letters before sending them to him and spending more time thinking about him than her own friends and family. so both of them were positioning themselves in a different way inevitably because of that difference in gender. is the attractive to me, am i attracted to him? you or i might not think that way. it is a different ball game. >> i want to mention that stay till next weekend. there is a glorious lineup of female on a biographer's and two biographers, one male and one female but also wonderful rider, linda mcgordon who has written about modesty and the women in henry james's life but also virginia woolf, emily dickinson, and more coming. and your turn, about sort of boy games to girl games, gender games in this landscape of biography. >> two things. lady

such tenderness towards other characters but she could never in real life -- and then look at gloria emerson a war correspondent. she wrote one novel and her life. it was called loving graham green and it was about a woman who met graham green once and instantly took ms or beacon and her at her life and her conscience and start praying to him and sending letters and kissing the letters before she sent them to him. spent more time thinking about him than her own friends and family. they were positioning themselves in a different way inevitably because of the difference in gender but thinking about is he attracted to me and am i attracted to him? you or i might not think in those ways. >> i just want to mention that stay until next weekend. there is a glorious lineup of female autobiographer xan mayle autobiographer's and two biographers fulani o'connor one male and one female but also gordon who has written about thinking about the women in henry james lives but also about virginia woolf and emily dickinson and there are more coming. your turn colm -- colm toibin about the boy games and the g