Art historian and critic Cassandra Langer became the accidental biographer of Romaine Brooks when a search to uncover the artist’s aesthetics led her to rethink the flawed narrative of Brooks’ life. After decades of research, her work led to the discovery of authentic source material never before translated from the original French. These discoveries turn history on its head to reveal a very different Brooks from the dark, subversive, and antisocial image painted by biographers. Langer's biography, Romaine Brooks: A Life, is forthcoming from the University of Wisconsin Press.