Notes on Grief will recount the life of ‘a remarkable man of kindness and charm’ and the author’s struggle to absorb his loss during lockdown last yearChimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a memoir about the sudden death of her father in lockdown last year. Notes on Grief, by the Orange... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-02-11 14:18:53 UTC ]
TOVE DITLEVSEN’S first novel, A Child was Harmed, was sent back from the publisher with the accusation that she had “been reading too much Freud.” But Ditlevsen says she didn’t know who Freud was, a declaration that, 200-plus pages into her three-part memoir — a clear-eyed exploration of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2021-02-10 13:30:35 UTC ]
Patricia Lockwood followed up on her memoir “Priestdaddy” with “No One Is Talking About This,” a novel that explores the chaotic feel of the internet and the pain of personal loss. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-10 10:00:17 UTC ]
Beloved Mexican-American actor and restauranteur Danny Trejo’s first memoir, Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood—which details Trejo’s path from drug addiction and incarceration in some of America’s most notorious prisons (including San Quentin, Folsom, and Soledad), to unexpected... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-09 21:03:44 UTC ]
An excerpt from “Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted,” by Suleika Jaouad Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-09 16:17:10 UTC ]
A list of nonfiction Black history books you can read this month to learn more about the history of racism and being Black in the U.S., including Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-02-09 11:31:00 UTC ]
In his new memoir, “Gay Bar,” Jeremy Atherton Lin documents his personal history and the history of queer identity by exploring gay bars around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-09 10:00:09 UTC ]
In her new memoir coming out Tuesday, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas recalls the pressure she felt to conform to the film industry's beauty standards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-08 23:44:01 UTC ]
In a memoir about family and identity, Danielle Geller uses her archival skills to create a portrait of her absent mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-02-05 15:52:48 UTC ]
In a memoir about family and identity, Danielle Geller uses her archival skills to create a portrait of her absent mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-02-05 15:52:48 UTC ]
“I needed help because I was the one who carried the psychic burden of our home, its physical state, all the time.” Laura Cronk considers ghosts and the gendered work of cleaning house. | Lit Hub Memoir Russell Shorto on realizing that his grandfather was a small-town mobster and (reluctantly)... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-05 11:30:52 UTC ]
President Biden’s oldest surviving child is publishing a memoir about his struggles with addiction and drug abuse. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-04 18:54:06 UTC ]
Son of US president, and ongoing target for conservatives, will release Beautiful Things in AprilHunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for Republican supporters, has announced that his memoir, Beautiful Things, will be published in April. Related: Joe, Jill and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-02-04 16:59:48 UTC ]
Today the Associated Press reported that Hunter Biden, son of famous memoirist Joe Biden, will publish a memoir of his own on April 6. The memoir will be published with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Beautiful Things, acquired by Gallery Books in fall 2019, focuses on Biden’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-04 16:02:23 UTC ]
Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson's memoir "Just as I Am" was published two days before her death. Now it's topping the bestseller lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-04 16:00:34 UTC ]
Michelle Obama's bestselling memoir Becoming will be published in paperback on 2ndMarch, alongside an edition for younger readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-03 06:18:31 UTC ]
Michelle Obama’s 'Becoming' will be released in a young reader’s edition and in trade paperback on March 2; originally published in 2018, the former First Lady’s memoir became a #1 international bestseller, with sales topping more than 15 million copies worldwide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
In his Graphic Content column, Ed Park looks at “The Black Panther Party,” a new history of the group, and “Come Home, Indio,” a memoir about growing up part Native American. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-02 17:30:26 UTC ]
Aurum, an imprint of The Quarto Group, has acquired Hannah Bourne-Taylor’s debut nature memoir, Fledgling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-01 23:39:22 UTC ]
“Is it the fault of the mother that her child will suffer? Or is empire, white supremacy, the denial of ongoing genocide, and the prison industrial system to blame?” Randa Jarrar on Palestinian mothers, the Virgin Mary, and the Mothers of the Movement. | Lit Hub Memoir The internet has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-01 11:30:46 UTC ]