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 ]
In “Blow Your House Down,” Gina Frangello examines her experience of loss, lust, pain and longing with angry intensity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-06 09:00:21 UTC ]
In “The Wild Silence,” a sequel to her best-selling memoir “The Salt Path,” the British author contends with the illness and death of loved ones but finds solace outdoors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-04-06 09:00:08 UTC ]
On Friday, Politico published an excerpt from On the House, a forthcoming memoir by John Boehner, the Republican former House speaker, that, in Politico’s words, is the story of “how America’s center-right party started to lose its mind, as told by the man who tried to keep it sane.” The excerpt... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-04-05 12:13:42 UTC ]
William Morrow preempts a debut novel by Liz Stein, Michelle Tea sells a memoir about the reproductive industrial complex to Dey Street, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Octopus imprint Monoray is to publish Drinking Custard: The Diary of a Confused Mum, a "hilarious" memoir on the trials and tribulations of motherhood from comedian Lucy Beaumont. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-01 13:58:38 UTC ]
Faber has pre-empted music industry veteran Tony King’s memoir on a nine-minute video submission. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-04-01 07:02:00 UTC ]
Lit Lists Earlier this spring, the editors of WLT invited twenty-one writers to nominate one book, published since the year 2000, that has had a major influence on their own work, along with a brief statement explaining their choice. Now it’s your turn... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-03-31 20:04:23 UTC ]
In “Beautiful Things,” the president’s son addresses issues that shaped his life and father’s campaign Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-03-31 07:45:04 UTC ]
Manifesto will chart the first Black Booker prize winner’s 40-year journey to literary centre-stage and encourage others to pursue creative fulfilmentBernardine Evaristo, the first Black woman to win the Booker prize, is writing a memoir about how she “moved from the margins to centre stage”... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-03-27 09:00:08 UTC ]
In “Plunder,” a memoir by Menachem Kaiser, the author tries to repossess a building owned by his grandfather before the war and discovers a history he knew nothing about. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-03-16 09:00:06 UTC ]