His memoir Mamaskatch won the Governor General's Literary Award for nonfiction in 2018 Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2024-08-30 22:42:46 UTC ]
One Signal acquires ‘Science’ journalist Charles Piller’s book on the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s, former Lakers star James Worthy sells a memoir to Avid Reader Press, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of Better: A Memoir About Wanting to Die, the debut memoir by Arianna Rebolini, which will be published by Harper on April 29, 2025. You can pre-order your copy here. After a decade of therapy and a stint in a psychiatric ward to treat suicidal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-08-29 11:00:00 UTC ]
Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard, has published a memoir that centers on the distance he felt from his father and the quest for reconciliation. We talk with Adam ahead of a double screening and talkback in Los Angeles this weekend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-28 19:48:37 UTC ]
Esmeralda Santiago’s book When I Was Puerto Rican debuted 30 years ago. This memoir introduced us to Negi (Santiago), a pre-teen with a captivating voice who chronicles her life in rural Puerto Rico in the 1950s. In Santiago’s own words, the memoir captures a world that no longer exists in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-08-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
Hannah Silva examines the (not so) shocking similarities between quantum physics and queer dating. | Lit Hub Memoir August brought some great book covers, and a lot of them were slippery. | Lit Hub Design “I had been writing my diaries on the notepad app of my phone, when it went the way of so […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-28 10:30:20 UTC ]
Exploring the Burning Questions: A Conversation with Cara Lopez Lee, by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 08/27/2024 - 15:32 I first came across Cara Lopez Lee on a listserv group (remember those!) for authors who write about... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-08-27 20:32:44 UTC ]
A new memoir by the onetime national security adviser shows how the former president’s insecurities and weaknesses harmed U.S. foreign policy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-27 09:03:11 UTC ]
New novels by Sally Rooney and Richard Powers, a memoir by the first Black woman on the Supreme Court — and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-27 09:01:50 UTC ]
In all of Martha Baillie’s books you can feel her sister. Her words offer a portal to the multiplistic experiences of existence—to understand better how cut off we can be from each other and where true connection flickers too. This year, Baillie’s memoir There is No Blue was published by Granta... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-08-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
The new memoir 'That Librarian' by Amanda Jones is a troubling portrait of America's culture war over censorship and book banning Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-22 10:00:07 UTC ]
Perspectives on Walking: A Lit List, by James Fawcett & Madeline Myers Lit Lists [email protected] Wed, 08/21/2024 - 08:53 In the summer of 2022 I (James Fawcett) walked from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail. I started the walk alone and... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-08-21 13:53:38 UTC ]
Perspectives on Walking: A Lit List, by James Fawcett & Madeline Meyers Lit Lists [email protected] Wed, 08/21/2024 - 08:53 In the summer of 2022 I (James Fawcett) walked from Denver to Durango on the Colorado Trail. I started the walk alone... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-08-21 13:53:38 UTC ]
Catherine Taylor's memoir of political and sexual awakening set in South Yorkshire wins the 2024 TLS Ackerley Prize in England. The post Catherine Taylor Wins London’s 2024 TLS Ackerley Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-08-16 22:00:59 UTC ]
In “Imminent,” the former intelligence official who ran a once-secret program shares some of what he knows. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-16 14:21:57 UTC ]
Anna Marie Tendler’s mordant account of her life suggests a single source for her pain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2024-08-16 11:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. Army combat veteran and author of the memoir 'Snapshots Sent Home: From Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine' addresses the the character, and complications, of works written in the midst of war. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Take a literary road trip across America, with book recommendations for all 50 states. | Lit Hub “Although I have not inherited a physical plot, I’ve inherited dual impulses related to how I define home.” Sadiya Ansari on family, place and inheritance in South Asia and North America. | Lit Hub... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-14 10:30:11 UTC ]
Political histories, a courtroom drama and the memoir of a daughter of the South Side illuminate the legacy of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-08-14 09:01:30 UTC ]
Navid Sinaki on Scheherazade, secrets, and finding his voice as a young, queer Iranian immigrant. | Lit Hub Memoir “What do we inherit from trauma? Complicated stories, frayed genetics, and many, many hidden secrets.” Danzy Senna, Kristopher Jansma, Rosie Schaap and more take the Lit Hub... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-13 10:30:55 UTC ]