In his memoir Children of the Land, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo tells the story of growing up undocumented in California and having to navigate the convoluted and dehumanizing American immigration system. Hernandez Castillo captures the emotional and psychological toll that being both invisible... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-10-01 11:00:54 UTC ]
Thread, Bookouture's non-fiction imprint, will publish Coconut, a memoir of "belonging, identity and finding home" by debut author Florence Olajide. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 21:34:05 UTC ]
In "Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas," Roberto Lovato finally tells the full story of his rebel life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-29 18:31:05 UTC ]
Sphere has acquired The Secret Diary of a British Muslim Aged 13¾ from stand-up comedian Tez Ilyas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 11:30:14 UTC ]
Former national security adviser avoids criticism of his former boss and undermines the credibility he is trying to assert. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-09-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
Ex-National Security Council official claims she was pressured her to say manuscript contained sensitive information after her department had cleared itA former National Security Council official who while working there reviewed John Bolton’s memoir for classified information before publication,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-24 15:10:36 UTC ]
At a September 24 teleconference, Judge Royce Lamberth suggested that a former NSC official's claims that Trump officials had abused the prepublication review process for John Bolton's bestselling memoir amounted to a "political diatribe." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
When John Bolton was preparing to publish The Room Where It Happened, his memoir of serving in the Trump White House, he and his legal team took the routine step of submitting it for review at the National Security Council. It was Ellen Knight’s job to oversee that process, as she had done... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-23 20:07:06 UTC ]
Bluebird has won a 14-way auction for actor David Harewood's “landmark” memoir on how racism impacts mental health. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 18:22:15 UTC ]
'The Meaning of Mariah Carey,' the pop star's tell-some memoir, sparkles and entertains and explains its subject, despite a few too many I-don't-know-hers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-23 15:38:47 UTC ]
THE FOLLOWING IS an excerpt from W. J. T. Mitchell’s Mental Traveler: A Father, a Son, and a Journey Through Schizophrenia, a memoir about Mitchell’s son Gabriel, who struggled with schizophrenia for 20 years until his suicide at age 38. The excerpt makes reference to Carmen, Gabriel’s sister, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-09-23 12:30:11 UTC ]
In a bombshell letter filed with the court this week, attorneys for the National Security Council official who led the prepublication review of John Bolton’s bestselling memoir 'The Room Where It Happened' confirmed the official's position that the book was cleared of classified information... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
An editor recalls the experience of working with Justice Ginsburg to bring an unpublished memoir to print. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Paris Review | 2020-09-22 16:44:31 UTC ]
Custom House goes big on a debut, Nicole Maines sells a memoir to Dial, Crown pays seven figures for a new one from Deepak Chopra, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
There are very few celebrities whose meals interest me. (Yes, I do hate Instagram, thank you.) But here’s one: Stanley Tucci, who announced today that he’s working on a memoir called Taste: My Life Through Food. Publisher Gallery Books described it as “intimate and charming reflection of Tucci’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 18:45:33 UTC ]
Former President Barack Obama's memoir A PROMISED LAND will be published on November 17, 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-09-17 16:53:16 UTC ]
President Obama announced Thursday that his forthcoming memoir, 'A Promised Land,' will take readers inside his White House. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-09-17 15:24:24 UTC ]
We’ve known for a while that Barack Obama would be coming out with a new memoir. Today his publisher confirmed that the book, A Promised Land, will be released soon after the November elections. The former president isn’t a stranger to the pen. His first memoir, Dreams From My Father: A Story of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-09-17 14:22:21 UTC ]
Penguin General imprint Fig Tree has bought a food memoir by actor and author Stanley Tucci in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 13:32:25 UTC ]
"A Promised Land," to be released Nov. 17, weighs in at a whopping 768 pages. Obama said it's "a fun and informative read." Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2020-09-17 12:30:43 UTC ]