Oxford Alum QUAD News: Interview with Andrew Meier
“Educated Russians have typically referred to the functioning world west of Russia as ‘the civilized world.’ What I have noticed is that after the end of the Cold War it was meant sincerely and ruefully, more a judgement on Russia’s dysfunction than a critique of anyone else. But more lately it has become a borderline slur. ”
Richard Lofthouse, "Andrew Meier: QUAD talks to the great American author and Russia-watcher," Oxford Alum QUAD News, August 29, 2023.
BIO interview: Using the Art and Craft of Research
“I love writing, as painful as it is. I can write for 10 or more hours at a stretch. As any editor I’ve ever worked with will amply attest, I write long and the words come fast, and then I cut mercilessly. But in the aftermath and aftershock of the publication of Morgenthau, I can readily say that research motivates me first and foremost, because it is detective work in some ways. It is the organization of my madness. It’s not anarchic, but it is organic.”
Holly Van Leuven, "Andrew Meier: Using the Art and Craft of Research: Conducting and Organizing Research on Four Generations of Morgenthaus," BIO (Biographers International Organization) website, April 21, 2023.
BIO Conference Podcast: Andrew Meier with Kai Bird
BIO Podcast #130 – Andrew Meier
Biographers International Organization (BIO)
This special episode features excerpts from a conversation between award-winning journalist and author Andrew Meier and fellow biographer and BIO member Kai Bird. Meier’s latest book, Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty, was published in October 2022 by Random House, and it’s a comprehensive examination of one of New York’s most influential families.
This live, in-person discussion was recorded on October 11, 2022, in Manhattan, and sponsored by the Leon Levy Center for Biography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. We are pleased to present this discussion with the Levy Center’s permission.
Biographers International Organization aims to promote the art and craft of biography, cultivate a diverse community of biographers, encourage public interest in biography, and provide educational and fellowship opportunities that support the work of biographers worldwide.
NYPL: Morgenthau: Andrew Meier with Ginia Bellafante
Andrew Meier in conversation with Ginia Bellafante, New York Times reporter, critic and, since 2011, the newpaper's Big City columnist, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.
Conversations from the Cullman Center
The New York Public Library
LEO BAECK Institute: Andrew Meier with journalist Kati Marton
Morgenthau: Andrew Meier in Conversatoin with Kati Marton – Highlights Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, February 6, 2023.
Andrew Meier with Harold Holzer at the Roosevelt House
Andrew Meier in conversation with Harold Holzer, Jonathan F. Fanton Director of Roosevelt House at the Roosevelt House, February 6, 2023.
Roosevelt House is especially proud to host this discussion of the definitive Morgenthau family biography. This historic building, once the Roosevelt family home, served as FDR’s transition headquarters in 1932-33. And here the President-elect met frequently with his friend, advisor, and future Cabinet member Henry Morgenthau Jr. to explore the financial reforms that would be introduced in the New Deal.
To permanently honor the longstanding connection between the Morgenthau family and Roosevelt House, Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab, in 2018, formally dedicated the building’s west staircase to the memory of Henry’s son Robert M. Morgenthau, who served as Manhattan District Attorney for 35 years. “The Morgenthau name,” she said at the time, “—which is joined forever in American history to that of the Roosevelts—should be a permanent part of this house.”