that telling about one life intruded on lives of others: "The territoriality that people express about each other's lives requires some scrutiny." She added, however, "I feel that way because I am a biographer.""The more that each of us knows about each of the other human beings in the world, the better off [we] are," she concluded. "It's true that it is very painful to be exposed to people's curiosity. But it's painful in a way that can only lead to self-knowledge, because it's really not a big deal. In the scope of human endeavor, it's not a big deal."
from Stanford News Service: Diane Middlebrook, Stanford professor and legendary biographer, dies at 68
also San Francisco Chronicle: Poet, biographer, feminist Diane Middlebrook dies of cancer at 68
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