In its first week on sale in the U.S., the pop star's debut memoir sold a total of 1.1 million copies across pre-orders, sales of print books, e-books, and audiobooks formats, according to publisher Gallery Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Snippets of Michelle Williams’s narration of Britney Spears’s new memoir have proved explosively popular online. But what goes into selecting a celebrity reader for an audiobook? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-11-01 22:47:54 UTC ]
Stephanie Land's second memoir, 'Class,' a sequel to her blockbuster debut, 'Maid,' follows her journey to get an education — and holds readers at a distance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-31 10:00:21 UTC ]
The 90s were a decade of carefree optimism and comically low stakes. Matthew Perry’s death brings us crashing back into the now In 2004, the author Damian Barr published Get It Together: Surviving Your Quartlerlife Crisis. Barr would go on to write poignant and beautiful books (including the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-30 18:37:24 UTC ]
In “The Woman in Me,” the pop star mines her extraordinary story for generic lessons. But the details speak for themselves. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2023-10-29 19:33:11 UTC ]
The celebrity memoir is booming. But while such books have become part of entertainers' brand management, the focus on salacious details poses risks. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-10-28 08:00:00 UTC ]
Britney Spears’ memoir illustrates once again the potential lifelong damage that can be caused by being a child star. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2023-10-27 11:37:38 UTC ]
“I know my limitations, but I would still invite William Shakespeare,” says the actor, whose new memoir is “Being Henry: The Fonz … and Beyond.” “I would also invite Daniel Silva and definitely Larry David!” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-26 12:16:08 UTC ]
In Myriam Gurba’s latest essay collection Creep, the Mexican American author interrogates both those who deceive, exploit, and oppress others as well as the culture that enables them. “People who hurt other people can be charming,” Gurba notes in the title essay. “It works in their favor.” In... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-10-26 11:00:00 UTC ]
“Welcome to the ‘Bad Ass Women Memoir Club,’” Pinkett Smith wrote in a cheeky note to the fellow first-time author. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-10-25 17:27:27 UTC ]
Michelle Williams' impression of Justin Timberlake as she narrates Britney Spears' memoir is going viral as 'the greatest clip of audio since Watergate.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-25 01:06:01 UTC ]
“The Upstairs Delicatessen,” a memoir by Dwight Garner of The New York Times, traces his life’s twin passions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-24 09:00:14 UTC ]
As my debut memoir plowed towards print publication, I suddenly remembered that my agents had negotiated the audio book rights with my publisher. Although I had the option to try out for the role of narrator (essentially to audition to be myself) my agents suggested that I should consider... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-10-23 08:50:26 UTC ]
From her Louisiana roots to the quasi-imprisonment of her conservatorship, Britney Spears' 'The Woman in Me' paints the pop star's life as a Victorian nightmare. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-20 20:46:28 UTC ]
The book shares secrets – Mantel’s own alongside those of the writers, historical figures and places she describes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2023-10-19 14:40:38 UTC ]
The tennis champion has signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House, saying it will be the first time she has paused and reflected on her remarkable career Serena Williams is set to publish two books, the first of which, a memoir, will take an “intimate” look at her childhood and remarkable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-18 14:56:05 UTC ]
The pop star explains in her new memoir how control and sexism left her “feeling like a shadow of myself." Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-10-17 17:25:20 UTC ]
Athena Dixon’s The Loneliness Files: A Memoir in Essays opens on New Year’s Eve of 2021, with Dixon alone in her apartment in Philadelphia, thinking about death during a year fraught with pandemic fear. The first pieces explore her fascination with women who died on their own and, because they... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
George Stephanopoulos sells a history of the White House Situation Room to Grand Central, Random House buys a memoir from Salman Rushdie, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
A recent memoir considers how much we concede when we regard rest as a call to judgment. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2023-10-12 11:00:00 UTC ]