Ava Chin’s memoir is an expansive family history encompassing perilous journeys, sensational crimes and social change. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2023-04-24 12:37:54 UTC ]
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’s first nonfiction book is equal parts memoir, history, polemic and poetry. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-06-21 09:00:43 UTC ]
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In his candid memoir “Comedy Samurai,” the writer-director Larry Charles explains his comfort with failure and analyzes why creative collaborations end. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-06-20 14:32:44 UTC ]
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St. Martin’s Press unexpectedly released journalist E. Jean Carroll’s irreverent memoir about suing Donald Trump, Not My Type, on June 17. PW spoke with Carroll about why she wrote the book and why she never shies away from a fight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Leigh Claire La Berge’s memoir looks back at her stint as a consultant for a Fortune 500 company at the turn of the millennium: “Is this how companies are put together?” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-06-16 13:29:35 UTC ]
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The culture critic Brian Raftery, who wrote about “Jaws” for the Book Review last year, discusses the movie’s anniversary with Gilbert Cruz. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-06-13 17:03:04 UTC ]
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Kelly Ramsey fought California's first gigafire as a member of a Hotshot crew in the state. Her new memoir chronicles her experiences on that blaze — and other major conflagrations. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-06-13 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere sits atop our hardcover fiction list. Plus Molly Jong-Fast’s staggering new memoir explains How to Lose Your Mother, and our children’s fiction list welcomes several new YA releases. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Don’t have time to read every summer reading list? Emily Temple did it for you. Here’s our ultimate summer reading list. | Lit Hub Reading Lists Hanif Abdurraqib looks at the value of breaking down decorum (and the power of unexpected humor). | Lit Hub Memoir Lisa Pratta on exposing corruption... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-06-12 10:30:29 UTC ]
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Geoff Dyer's memoir about growing up in the U.K. during the '70s bursts with working-class pride. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-06-09 10:00:00 UTC ]
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“Murderland,” by the Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser, considers possible links between the region’s industrial pollution and its most infamous murderers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-06-08 09:00:21 UTC ]
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Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir ‘The Salt Path,’ which has now been made into a film, explores a centuries-old tradition of healing along the southwest coast. Moth Winn was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of 53 and in the same week he and his wife, Raynor, lost their home. As the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-06-07 08:30:00 UTC ]
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The e-commerce giant has been criticized over its stewardship of Goodreads since it bought the platform in 2013, fueling the rise of competitors. Amazon famously started as an online bookstore. In the three decades since, it has disrupted how people buy, read, and review books through steps... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2025-06-06 13:34:00 UTC ]
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A sapphic opposites-attract romance, a memoir on grief, witches in the Orkney Islands, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-06-05 16:39:23 UTC ]
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Anelise Chen’s hybrid memoir starts with an ingenious typo: Clam down, Chen’s mother texts her as she copes with her divorce, and poof!, the protagonist becomes a clam, determined to learn everything about her species and kin. Though its namesake is a sedentary bottom feeder, Clam Down... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-06-05 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Even the First Lady wanted to party. In her memoir Becoming, Michelle Obama describes the night in June 2015 following the announcement of the opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case legalizing same-sex marriage across the United States. Increasingly “desperate to join the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-06-05 08:58:08 UTC ]
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Toni Morrison's time as an editor at Random House, modern Indian recipes, a new memoir by a Palestinian poet, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2025-06-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2025-06-03 14:35:35 UTC ]
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Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-06-02 08:00:53 UTC ]
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Author Christine Kalafus shares her thoughts on writing with immediacy in memoir, including the three-step blueprint she used for hers. The post Writing With Immediacy in Memoir appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2025-06-01 19:00:00 UTC ]
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'Daisy Jones and the Six' author Taylor Jenkins Reid's new novel and Molly Jong-Fast's memoir about her famous mother are among the notable books hitting shelves this month. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-06-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
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