At 84, Edmund White is ready to kiss (to put it mildly) and tell ... well, everything. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2025-01-28 16:56:52 UTC ]
By the time I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings hit shelves in the first days of 1970, buzz about the memoir had been building for some time. Newspaper stories about its author, Maya Angelou—a well-known dancer, singer, and political activist—had been teasing the book for years; both Ebony and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-01-28 09:57:54 UTC ]
A cozy fantasy bodyguard romance, a darkly funny memoir exploring the toll of sexism, a new detective duo, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-23 17:04:23 UTC ]
The memoir "The Harder I Fight the More I Love You" tackles the singer's tumultuous childhood and complicated relationship with her mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-01-22 11:00:49 UTC ]
Activist, Spy, and Icon Josephine Baker's memoir, a bookish memoir about mental illness and identity by a literature professor, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-21 13:30:00 UTC ]
This week's featured books include the follow up to IRON FLAME, new horror by 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang, and a memoir by the most dangerous woman in Africa. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-21 13:00:00 UTC ]
Kari Ferrell’s memoir is a zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery before the era of scams fully erupted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-01-15 16:29:00 UTC ]
What roles do place and memory play in the construction of a narrative? In this conversation, memoirist Shze-Hui Tjoa and novelist Farah Ali talk about how these forces affect the storytelling in their respective books: The Story Game (Tin House, 2024), an interrogation of memory, childhood, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-01-13 09:56:58 UTC ]
A Memoir About Having Undocumented Parents, One Woman Against the Hordes of Hell, a Chillingly Beautiful Mystery, and More of Today's Best Book Deals Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-11 12:30:00 UTC ]
Gloria L. Huang on understanding herself and her family through The Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley Twins. | Lit Hub Memoir “Miles tells him he’s the man on the marquee, but the cop assaults him with his stick nonetheless.” Irvin Weathersby Jr. examines the effortless racism of America’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-01-08 11:30:31 UTC ]
Jewish Life in Harbin, China: A Conversation with Jean Hoffmann Lewanda by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 01/07/2025 - 07:08 Shalama and Paul, Shanghai, 1950. Photo courtesy of Jean Hoffmann LewandaI met the author Jean... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-01-07 13:08:24 UTC ]
Reagan Arthur picks up a memoir of solo travel, a pair of French sister-authors sell the story of their famous grandmother to Europa Editions, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
The year’s best books include the novel “James” by Percival Everett and a memoir by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2024-12-18 16:59:22 UTC ]
Dr. Guy Leschziner explores the science behind the more unsavory aspects of our personalities. | Lit Hub Science Sara B. Franklin on reading children’s lit in troubled times | Lit Hub Memoir What do we really need from our literary heroes? | Lit Hub Memoir “Every food tells a story, and like... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-11 11:30:59 UTC ]
Many celebrities’ books are actually written by others, the UK writers’ union says, and it’s time they were acknowledgedThe Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on celebrities and the publishing industry to properly acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly those aimed at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-10 16:42:22 UTC ]
Gypsy-Rose Blanchard spent years in prison for helping to kill her mother. Now she's about to become a parent herself — and is out with a memoir about her childhood Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-12-10 11:00:49 UTC ]
Here are this week's bestsellers from the five biggest lists, including part one of Cher's memoir and THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor, seems to inch closer and closer to running for mayor.He clearly hoped Mayor Eric Adams, indicted on corruption charges in September, would resign, triggering a special election. Cuomo, for now, seems less enthusiastic about taking on Adams directly.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-12-03 18:43:26 UTC ]
December's new mysteries and thrillers include a Japanese murder mystery, a true crime memoir of a woman raised by a serial killer, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-02 11:00:00 UTC ]
Cher discovered that mom Georgia Holt had inadvertently put 'Cheryl' on the birth certificate. Luckily, her memoir gets much juicier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-11-26 01:23:22 UTC ]