Leslie Jamison’s new memoir Splinters follows the aftermath of divorce and the awakening of motherhood, but it explores desire more than it does any kind of death. Jamison wants to make meaning, to connect, to love, to feel, to mother, to write, and to revise her life endlessly. There are losses... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-03-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
“I am fascinated by the mismatch of these two systems, the fact that we can occupy two temporal spaces simultaneously…” Grace Loh Prasad on finding meaning in the space between Chinese and Western astrology, and what it means to remember her translator father. | Lit Hub Memoir Jennifer Croft on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-03-08 11:30:08 UTC ]
The veteran tech journalist is promoting her memoir with tech bros like Sam Altman. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2024-03-06 10:50:00 UTC ]
A new mystery from the Queen of Irish detective fiction, a memoir by RuPaul, and a trippy, shifting narrative set in Prague all round out today's new releases. Which ones are you thinking of picking up? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-03-05 12:30:00 UTC ]
Chronicling the high-heeled path to drag-queen superstardom, the new memoir also reveals a celebrity infatuated with his sense of a special destiny. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-05 10:00:18 UTC ]
Lily Meyer recommends books that recollect personal experience without being prescriptive. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2024-03-01 17:00:00 UTC ]
“These girls thought themselves saints of something, and I nodded and kneeled.” Emmeline Cline on eating disorder memoirs and the contagion of identification. | Lit Hub Memoir Steven W. Thrasher on the murder of journalists in Gaza and the loss of critical American voices in journalism: “What... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-28 11:30:35 UTC ]
Today's new releases include a follow up to Tommy Orange's THERE THERE, a memoir of grief, a secret, anti-Confederacy spy society, and more. Which ones will you TBR? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-02-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
“I was still reporting to my father, the things I had read and all that I had remembered.” Amitava Kumar on family, loss, and resonating with the words of other writers. | Lit Hub Memoir “Even in the worst of times, humans have a way of coming together to lighten the load and provide hope […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-27 11:30:51 UTC ]
What’s Aisha Sabatini Sloan reading? Diana Arterian on the author’s nightstand. | Lit Hub Criticism “The intimacy I feel with what my home once was cannot be reconciled with what downtown has become.” Emma Dries reflects on her childhood home and how 9/11 changed downtown Manhattan forever. |... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-22 11:30:18 UTC ]
“I’ve been prank-calling Justin Torres for like two decades,” says the poet and performer, whose new book is called “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt: A Memoir in Verse.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-22 10:00:27 UTC ]
In today's new releases, there's an epic story of a conjuror-made safe haven in 1830s St. Louis, a feminist retelling of Zorro, a Cambodian food-based memoir of survival, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-02-20 13:30:00 UTC ]
It’s another Tuesday, and that means that a bevy of beautiful new books are out. And it’s a brilliant bevy indeed: below, you’ll find twenty-three new titles to consider that span an incredible range, including a raw new memoir from Leslie Jamison on motherhood and the self; the esteemed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-20 09:46:58 UTC ]
Kate Sidley on writing in the aftermath of a home robbery: “When bad things happen, they happen off-page, out of sight, and with a certain delicacy.” | Lit Hub Memoir Lockdown may be over, but what did it to to our collective sense of balance? How the pandemic ruined our understanding of “free”... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-19 11:30:44 UTC ]
As his own life unfolds, an artist reconsiders his reaction to Joan Didion’s memoir about loss. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-17 10:04:10 UTC ]
Silicon Valley’s top pundit dishes on her memoir Burn Book, immature billionaires, and whether she’s actually mean. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2024-02-15 11:00:00 UTC ]
Britney Spears is perfect and her nasal voice with a Southern accent and just the right touch of vocal fry is perfect. Which is why I was so surprised to hear Michelle Williams, an actress who is also perfect, read the audio version of Britney’s memoir with a bit of a drawl but mostly very […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-15 09:55:31 UTC ]
In her memoir “I Heard Her Call My Name,” the author reflects on her life and embarking on a gender transition in her late 60s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-14 10:02:14 UTC ]
His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the roles that never came his way. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-13 10:00:45 UTC ]
Murder at a school reunion, a memoir on motherhood, disaster bisexuals in love, and more of today's best book deals! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-02-05 17:04:05 UTC ]