Why did author Kate Clanchy get an opportunity to rewrite a memoir others called out as racist and ableist? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-03 10:34:00 UTC ]
A memoir from Congressman Jamie Raskin goes to Harper, Penguin signs Coll’s last Afghanistan book, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
At Ploughshares, Kat Chow discusses Seeing Ghosts, her memoir that examines grief and sorrow through the lens of three generations of her Chinese-American family. “I’ve always been drawn to writing about the body—our physical selves and how they reflect our inner lives—and how our bodies are an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2021-09-02 20:30:39 UTC ]
Hayley Mills, star of 'Pollyanna' and 'The Parent Trap,' is now 75 and has written a memoir about her life as a child actor under Walt Disney's watchful eye. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-09-02 13:00:20 UTC ]
This film about Misha Defonseca, author of a ‘memoir’ about escaping the Nazis and sheltering with wolves as a child, is propulsively watchable“Sometimes a story is so astonishing it’s unbelievable.” So said a Massachusetts radio presenter in the 90s, introducing Misha Defonseca, a local Jewish... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-02 06:00:18 UTC ]
Shugri Said Salh’s memoir strives for an accurate – rather than sensationalized or simplified – account of growing up in, and then fleeing, Somalia. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-08-30 19:15:00 UTC ]
“Exodus, Revisited” offers new insights about a woman’s break from her Hasidic community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
His acclaimed fiction and a memoir had a common theme: alcoholism. After becoming sober, he called his former besotted muse “Drunkspeare.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-08-28 11:13:30 UTC ]
“By the time I was born, the city had been conquered thrice, by the British, the Japanese, and the military junta. Three enemies to symbolize the three torments of the mind.” Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint on war, reincarnation, and the changing names of Myanmar. | Lit Hub Memoir Jeffrey Webb revisits... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-08-27 10:30:19 UTC ]
Levy's memoir trilogy concludes with "Real Estate," pondering happiness and a new kind of home. Unlike Rachel Cusk, she keeps herself in the picture. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-24 15:00:41 UTC ]
In her memoir “Seeing Ghosts,” the author recounts her mother’s death and her immigrant family’s numerous migrations, separations and losses, evoking the way grief entails a particular, perpetual sorrow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-08-24 09:00:06 UTC ]
HarperCollins Ireland has scooped a "unique" memoir by the warden of Skellig Michael, a remote Irish island. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-22 23:51:22 UTC ]
The American Ballet Theatre star has written a thoughtful collection of essays that gives readers insight into what it means to defy categorization. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
Georgina Pazcoguin’s biting memoir is full of melodrama. It also has an important message. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-19 12:00:00 UTC ]
The Bodley Head has acquired two titles from German filmmaker and storyteller Werner Herzog, including a memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 19:49:03 UTC ]
The German film director has announced two new books: a memoir and The Twilight World, about a remarkable second world war officerWerner Herzog is writing a book about Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who took three decades to surrender after the end of the second world war.The esteemed German... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-08-18 12:56:08 UTC ]
“Names for Light,” by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, is a memoir recounted through the stories of family members. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-08-18 12:41:21 UTC ]
Mirror Books has acquired worldwide rights from The Can Group to Christine McGuinness' first book A Beautiful Nightmare. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 11:33:49 UTC ]
As she releases her memoir "All In," tennis icon Billie Jean King discusses her career, her causes and "living truthfully." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-17 13:00:35 UTC ]
Fiona Sampson’s biography reads like a thriller, a memoir and a provocative piece of literary fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-17 12:00:00 UTC ]