'Monster' Kody Scott, former L.A. gang member who became a bestselling author, found dead at 57

Former Eight Tray Gangster Crip member's memoir brought attention to the sobering truth of gang life in South L.A. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-15 23:57:16 UTC ]

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Thinking About Divorce in a New Way

Haley Mlotek’s new memoir finds a fresh way to talk about the dissolution of a marriage. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2025-02-21 17:15:00 UTC ]
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Erin Steele Isn’t Trying to Look Good in Her Memoir

Erin Steele’s memoir, Sunrise Over Half-Built Houses: Love, Longing and Addiction in Suburbia, chronicles the life of an isolated, self-conscious Canadian teenager growing up in middle-class British Columbia to loving parents who are simultaneously present and absent. As young Erin grapples with... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2025-02-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The Wild Life of Lydia Millet

In life and in fiction, the bestselling author embraces the unknown, the beastly, and the unlikable. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Names In Upcoming Mystery Adaptations + Robert Langdon Returns

This round of mystery and thriller news is filled with upcoming adaptations. Plus, there’s a must-read memoir and The Da ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-02-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
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A Divorce Memoir With No Lessons

Haley Mlotek’s new book provides neither catharsis nor remedies for heartache, but rather a tender exploration of human intimacy. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2025-02-19 12:30:00 UTC ]
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The Bangles' memoir retraces the band's steps of walking like Egyptians, meeting Prince and making history

Susanna Hoffs, along with bandmates Vicki and Debbi Peterson, spoke about new book "Eternal Flame," recalling key events in the Bangles' chart-topping run in the 1980s and how the band shaped their lives. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-02-18 18:48:12 UTC ]
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An Intimate Memoir of Immigration, Politics, and Trauma

Rich Benjamin’s new book Talk to Me explores the coup that overthrew his grandfather, the president of Haiti, in 1957. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2025-02-15 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of February 17, 2025

A big-name picture book adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” goes to HarperCollins, Margaret Atwood brings a memoir to Doubleday, Sourcebooks picks up the memoir of the daughter of Gisele Pelicot, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Graham Jones Knows Good Stories Don’t Happen in Heaven

When it came to writing his first vampire novel, the bestselling author knew he’d have to do things his own way, reimagining the fabled bloodsucker as an Indigenous vigilante. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlamagne Tha God Keeps Hitting the Books

With his Black Privilege Publishing imprint at Atria Books celebrating its fifth anniversary, the radio host and bestselling author talked with PW about his longtime love of reading and what's next for the imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Margaret Atwood’s First Memoir Announced

The multi-award winning feminist author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) has announced that she will be releasing her long-awaited memoir ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-02-12 19:59:13 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Daily: February 11, 2025

“I am determined to keep writing, it has never mattered to me more.” Hanif Kureishi on trauma, recovery and what it means to be a writer.  | Lit Hub Memoir Just in time for Valentine’s Day: 25 writers explain the anatomy of a good sex scene. | Lit Hub Craft Pankaj Mishra on nationalism,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-11 11:30:21 UTC ]
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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: * Justin Haynes (Ibis) Shane McCrae (New and Collected Hell: A Poem) Haley Mlotek (No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce) Maggie Su (Blob: A Love Story)... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-11 09:57:52 UTC ]
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With a new hit film, Netflix has reduced disabled lives to feelgood fodder – and got the facts shockingly wrong | Archie Bland and Ruth Spencer

This story about a child with cerebral palsy is badly misleading – and a slap in the face for families like oursAmazing news from Netflix: there is an extraordinary treatment available for children with very severe neurological disabilities, one that, given the appropriate level of parental... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2025-02-11 08:00:11 UTC ]
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Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

I’ve known Lauren Markham’s writing since her first book, The Faraway Brothers, came out in 2017. Then, a couple years ago, I got to know her a bit more as a person when a friend emailed the two of us and another writer to ask our thoughts on writing (and teaching) journalism versus memoir or […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-07 09:57:40 UTC ]
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The Annotated Nightstand: What Sarah Chihaya Is Reading Now, and Next

In Sarah Chihaya’s memoir Bibliophobia, we enter into the moment of her breakdown—an event that she has seen on her horizon since childhood, but also seemed impossibly remote. As a child of Japanese and Japanese-Canadian immigrants to the US, Chihaya’s parents “didn’t really believe in the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-06 09:56:18 UTC ]
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8 Demon Romance Books to Sink Your Teeth Into

In My Funny Demon Valentine, Aurora Ascher, the New York Times bestselling author of Sanctuary of the Shadow, combines Brynne ... Continue reading at Book Riot

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Neil Gaiman Sued by Former Nanny for Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking

The bestselling author has been accused of sexual abuse, assault, rape, and human trafficking in a civil lawsuit filed Monday in Wisconsin federal court. Some, but not all, of Gaiman’s agents and publishers have ended their relationships with the author. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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