In this entertaining and informative show, critic and historian Joseph McBride will recount stories involving his own “adventures” in writing. Among McBride’s 21 books are award-winning biographies of iconic American filmmakers. His 1992 biographyFrank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success was described by The New York Times Book Review as “Masterly, comprehensive, and frequently surprising.”

What readers did not know then was how arduous it was to reveal the hidden truth about this iconic American figure. While McBride was researching and writing for more than seven years, he was fighting a pitched legal battle with his original publisher and allies of the celebrated film director. Last year, McBride published Frankly: Unmasking Frank Capra, his revealing account of that Kafkaesque but ultimately successful struggle.