In Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner—also known as the indie-pop musician Japanese Breakfast—writes of her mother’s battle with terminal cancer and the caretaking process. The mother-daughter relationship is the beating pulse of this memoir, presented in all of its uncomfortable complexities.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-04-22 11:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster president Jonathan Karp says seven-figure book deal will go ahead, after open letter from employees accuses publisher of being ‘on the wrong side of justice’Simon & Schuster has said it will not pull out of a seven-figure book deal with Mike Pence after some of its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-04-21 12:05:44 UTC ]
In “I Am a Girl From Africa,” the former U.N. adviser Elizabeth Nyamayaro retraces her life story from childhood starvation to NGOs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-20 09:00:07 UTC ]
Sheridan Smith has written her first memoir, Honestly, to be published by Ebury Spotlight this autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-20 02:37:35 UTC ]
Culture Street mural for Grenfell Tower, with poem by Ben Okri, North Kensington, London, image courtesy of IranWire and #PaintTheChange. London-based writer Malu Halasa canvasses the Middle Eastern and North African culture scene in London,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-04-19 19:22:28 UTC ]
The author of the memoir Blow Your House Down talks about secrecy, accountability, and resisting happy endings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Guernica | 2021-04-19 13:00:21 UTC ]
What am I supposed to do with autofiction? Where is it shelved, literally and mentally? Is it memoir or fiction? Pick a lane. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-04-16 10:36:00 UTC ]
Manga makes its mark: 'My Hero Academia, Vol. 27' by Kohei Horikoshi is the #6 book in the country. Plus chef Erin French's memoir finds its way onto our hardcover nonfiction list, and we spy Flynn Berry in hardcover fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Pamela Dorman buys a debut novel by a longtime Knopf editor, Holt signs a memoir by Ronnie Spector, Hanya Yanagihara re-ups with Doubleday, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Barack Obama and filmmaker Ava DuVernay will discuss the former president's memoir "A Promised Land" April 21 in a livestreamed event for the L.A. Times Community Book Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-16 01:25:03 UTC ]
Brittany Higgins' forthcoming memoir will allow her to tell her story in her own words. She'll join a group of strong women who've done just that. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-04-15 03:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has acquired a book by journalist Alix Sharkey exploring his experience growing up with a brother now imprisoned for the murder of teenager Danielle Jones. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-13 19:59:28 UTC ]
An excerpt from Fifty Sounds, a memoir by Polly Barton, translator of Aoko Matsuda and Kikuko Tsumura. The post Uwaa: the sound of the feeling that cannot be spoken appeared first on Granta. Continue reading >> [ Source: Granta | 2021-04-13 02:08:24 UTC ]
“On the House” is an anecdote-rich memoir by the former speaker of the House that fails to give readers the whole picture. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-09 13:05:40 UTC ]
The memoir “I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust” chronicles one family’s struggles and victories. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-04-09 12:00:00 UTC ]
There are as many different kinds of memoirs as there are novels, maybe more. The public-figure memoir. The witnessing-history memoir. The survivor’s memoir. The addiction memoir. The let-me-set-the-record-straight memoir. The travel memoir. The memoir about one specific family member. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-04-09 11:00:00 UTC ]
Ex-vice-president is first of Trump circle to snag lucrative dealSimon & Schuster to pay $3-4m for two booksMike Pence has signed a two-book deal for his memoir that is reported to be worth millions of dollars, making him one of the first of former president Donald Trump’s inner circle to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-04-07 22:02:58 UTC ]
Richard Thompson's new memoir, "Beeswing," was written with journalist Scott Timberg, who died before the book was completed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-06 15:45:19 UTC ]
On Translation Browsing a Copenhagen airport bookstore, a translator picks up a book. The journey between that impulse and his eventual translation of the memoir into English was both emotional and serendipitous. In the summer of 2016 I was passing... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-04-06 13:12:22 UTC ]
Erik Hoel on the joy of growing up in an indie bookstore—and with his badass single mom, who opened The Jabberwocky in 1972 when she was 23 years old. | Lit Hub Memoir “You may have noticed that anger is making a comeback for women.” Gina Frangello on rage and infidelity. | Lit Hub “These […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-04-06 09:30:32 UTC ]