The Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawai‘i, is dedicated to the interdisciplinary and multicultural study of lifewriting through teaching, publication, and outreach activities. In addition to Biography: An Interdisciplinary Journal, published since 1978, the Center sponsors the Biography Monograph series, designed to further the study and practice of lifewriting in all its forms.

On Diary, by Philippe Lejeune, translated by Kathy Durnin (May 2009)

Talking Hawai‘i’s Story: Oral Histories of an Island People, edited by Michi Kodama-Nishimoto, Warren S. Nishimoto, and Cynthia A. Oshiro (March 2009)

Imagine What It’s Like: A Literature and Medicine Anthology, edited by Ruth Nadelhaft, with Victoria Bonnebakker (2008)

The Visitable Past: A Wartime Memoir, by Leon Edel (2001, out of print)

From Kona to Yenan: The Political Memoir of Koji Ariyoshi, by Koji Ariyoshi; edited by Alice M. Beechert and Edward D. Beechert (2000, out of print)

Life-Writing: A Glossary of Terms in Biography, Autobiography, and Related Forms, by Donald J. Winslow (Second Edition, 1995, out of print)

A Man Must Stand Up: The Autobiography of a Gentle Activist, by John E. Reinecke; edited by Alice M. Beechert and Edward D. Beechert (1993, out of print)

Called from Within: Early Women Lawyers of Hawaii, edited by Mari J. Matsuda (1992, out of print)

The Autobiographical Writings of Lewis Mumford: A Study in Literary Audacity, by Frank G. Novak (1988, out of print)

Essaying Biography: A Celebration for Leon Edel, edited by Gloria G. Fromm and Leon Edel (1987, out of print)

New Directions in Biography, by Anthony Friedson (1981, out of print)