His memoir “Growing Up” depicted her hometown “like a shining city on a hill.” Other authors who mean a lot to the musician (and now childrens’ book writer): Kevyn Aucoin and Hilary Mantel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-13 09:00:09 UTC ]
The new memoir about Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg is billed as an exposé – but it feels like a morality tale for our timesMany years ago, when Facebook was an entity most people had warm – or at least neutral – feelings towards, I visited the company’s HQ in Menlo Park, California. I admired the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-12 17:57:42 UTC ]
Oprah Winfrey has chosen a new memoir by venture capitalist Amy Griffin for her book club Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2025-03-11 12:30:31 UTC ]
“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-10 12:07:24 UTC ]
Most musicians can only make money on the platform by writing songs inoffensive enough to get on to one of its vapid playlistsIn the hands of some of its most gifted practitioners, songwriting is a kind of emotional alchemy. For the past week, I have been returning to a perfect example: Every... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-03-09 16:38:43 UTC ]
Peter Wolf befriended music legends, married a movie star and led the J. Geils Band. His new memoir reminds us: He was there. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2025-03-07 11:00:38 UTC ]
A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-04 10:00:40 UTC ]
At the 30th annual Audies, presented by the Audio Publishers Association and held in New York City on March 4, winners across 28 categories were announced. Barbra Streisand’s memoir took home the night's biggest honor, Audiobook of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
At last, it’s official: Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City.That sentence would have seemed inordinately strange a year or two ago. But Cuomo had been telegraphing for many months that he wanted to launch a comeback. And now he’s running, with a Manhattan launch event and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-03-03 15:46:55 UTC ]
A fantasy epic sells for seven figures at Bramble, Bobbi Brown brings a memoir to Marysue Rucci, Stonefruit and Del Rey pick up two multibook horror projects, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writing memoir is an act of saying I am here. This is what I find beautiful. Troubling. Worth paying attention to. And there is a democratic invitation in this gesture that interests me—the way that writing and reading memoir allow us to push past a monolithic understanding of the world and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-27 09:58:16 UTC ]
Out of the Shadows, by Lilach Galil Fiction [email protected] Mon, 02/24/2025 - 15:16 Photo by Lucas Alexandros / Flickr Lilach Galil’s 2009 novel, Betsilo (In its shadow), is a polyphonic novel told by the six main characters. Rona is a poet... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-02-24 21:16:13 UTC ]
On the dedication page of No Offense: A Memoir in Essays, Jackie Domenus writes, “To all the queer and trans folks who have bitten their tongues until they bled: this book is for you.” In this powerful and timely collection, Domenus defends and celebrates identity and love with an unflinching... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
Fiona Warnick talks to Sheila Heti about AI, writing for children, and the negotiation of public and private selves. | Lit Hub In Conversation How much can—or should—we know about our literary idols? Anna Funder on George Orwell and real life doublethink. | Lit Hub Memoir “I’d always figured... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-24 11:30:43 UTC ]
Soon we can all read the late author’s private notes about her therapy. But should we?In 1998, the late journalist Joan Didion wrote a scathing essay about the posthumous publication of True at First Light, a travel journal and fictional memoir by Ernest Hemingway, 38 years after the author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-23 09:00:30 UTC ]
Haley Mlotek’s new memoir finds a fresh way to talk about the dissolution of a marriage. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-02-21 17:15:00 UTC ]
Erin Steele’s memoir, Sunrise Over Half-Built Houses: Love, Longing and Addiction in Suburbia, chronicles the life of an isolated, self-conscious Canadian teenager growing up in middle-class British Columbia to loving parents who are simultaneously present and absent. As young Erin grapples with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
This round of mystery and thriller news is filled with upcoming adaptations. Plus, there’s a must-read memoir and The Da ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
Haley Mlotek’s new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration of human intimacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-02-19 12:30:00 UTC ]
Susanna Hoffs, along with bandmates Vicki and Debbi Peterson, spoke about new book "Eternal Flame," recalling key events in the Bangles' chart-topping run in the 1980s and how the band shaped their lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-02-18 18:48:12 UTC ]