In “Mala’s Cat,” Mala Kacenberg describes her time hiding out in the forest during World War II after losing her family. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-12 10:00:02 UTC ]
Taylor Harris discusses 'This Boy We Made,' her memoir on seeking answers about her son, the anxieties of Black parenting and her evolving faith Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-11 14:00:41 UTC ]
In “Lost & Found,” Kathryn Schulz explores the confluence of death, love and hope. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-11 10:00:05 UTC ]
In “I Came All This Way to Meet You,” the novelist reveals how far she’s traveled — and how many obstacles she’s cleared — to get where she is now. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-11 10:00:05 UTC ]
At the Guardian, Jami Attenberg, author of the recent memoir I Came All This Way to Meet You, reflects on how a key moment of rejection allowed her to carve out her own path as a writer. “I’m old enough to realise that there is one more important part to carving out your creative life: … The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-01-10 21:30:10 UTC ]
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of the memoir "Lost and Found" unpacks the meaning and importance of joy and grief — and conjuctions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-10 14:00:30 UTC ]
A messay is a combination of memoir and essay. But something beautiful happens when you smash these words together. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-01-10 11:38:00 UTC ]
Canbury Press has landed the first memoir by a Uyghur survivor of China’s "re-education" camps. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-10 06:03:11 UTC ]
Bernstein’s memoir “Chasing History” is a personal and affectionate look at the past, when journalism was thriving. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-07 20:51:59 UTC ]
Interviews Victoria Chang’s new collection, Dear Memory, expands the field of the memoir for readers to explore a full-color archive of family photos and historical documents collaged between lines of poetry and letters. It prompts us to ask, with her,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2022-01-05 19:50:39 UTC ]
Kathryn Schulz’s memoir places the totalizing experience of loss on a continuum with the summons of romantic and even religious love. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-04 20:12:44 UTC ]
For those of us who want to become real writers—whatever that means—the countless resources available can feel a bit dry and uninspired, ranging from tired but true clichés to well-lauded craft books (Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir on Craft sits dustily on my shelf). Many of us find... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-12-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
Telling your story in a book is hard enough. But what if it ends up on screen? Adam Kay, writer of This Is Going to Hurt, and Dolly Alderton, who penned Everything I Know About Love, relive the shocksMore cultural highlights of 2022Most people find seeing themselves on screen distinctly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-29 14:00:23 UTC ]
The unsparing observer of US culture, politics and public life won huge acclaim for her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking• Read Alex Clark’s interview with Joan Didion from February 2021• Obituary: Joan DidionJoan Didion, the eminent journalist, author and anthropologist of contemporary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-23 17:19:56 UTC ]
Ai Weiwei’s memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows” pushes back against the Chinese government’s efforts to silence him and his poet father. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-12-20 22:31:48 UTC ]
Serpent's Tail has bagged a post-apocalyptic novel and a memoir from 2020 Goldsmiths Prize winner M John Harrison, who is leaving his long-term publisher Gollancz after 40 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:45:16 UTC ]
White went from the streets of Baltimore to the philharmonic. In his memoir "I'm Possible," he tells the story of how he transformed his life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-18 13:00:13 UTC ]
Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir inspired the popular Netflix series. She’s not done fighting for people navigating the red tape of poverty. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-16 10:00:03 UTC ]
Nine Eight Books, the music imprint of Bonnier Books UK, has acquired the “compelling and pertinent memoir” from 1960s soul legend P P Arnold. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 22:10:47 UTC ]
The beloved Guardian writer finished Holding Tight, Letting Go before she died of cancer earlier this yearA memoir by the late journalist Sarah Hughes, who died from cancer earlier this year, will be published next March, tackling topics from planning your own funeral to the importance of trashy... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-13 14:25:04 UTC ]