Paul Scheer was abused as a child. His new memoir helped him reclaim 'the power of my voice for my childhood'

Paul Scheer's memoir-in-essays, 'Joyful Recollections of Trauma,' centers largely around the abuse he and his mother suffered at the hands of his stepfather. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-05-21 10:00:29 UTC ]
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GPD’s powerful dual-OLED laptop is now available to order

It’s now easy enough to find a laptop with a spiffy, super-vibrant OLED screen. But two OLED screens at once? That’s the stuff of science fiction — and, well, Lenovo’s weird Yoga Book 9i. But if you’re looking for a more conventional laptop design with a keyboard that just happens to go... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-10-11 15:20:01 UTC ]
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Lisa Marie Presley's Memoir Reveals Shocking Michael Jackson Sex Secret

"I think he had kissed Tatum O'Neal," she wrote in her newly published posthumous memoir. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2024-10-08 17:24:18 UTC ]
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Joby Aviation’s electric air taxi takes flight in NYC, powered by $500M from Toyota

Soon you might be able to take a flying taxi to the airport. It’s not science fiction anymore: New York City could, in the near future, see air taxis buzzing around the skies. Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-10-04 17:36:00 UTC ]
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Boris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, tops Amazon UK sales list ahead of publication

Sold at half price, the former PM’s apologia of his career has outstripped sales of recent novels by Sally Rooney and Richard OsmanBoris Johnson’s memoir, which is published next week, is already topping the Amazon UK Books Best Sellers list, outselling recently published novels by Sally Rooney... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-04 11:00:09 UTC ]
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Booksellers Step Up to Help Bookstores Hit by Hurricane Helene

While the Book Industry Charitable Foundation continues to raise funding to help Southeastern booksellers at need, the Southern Indie Booksellers Alliance and booksellers across the South are rallying to assist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon pulls purported Kim Porter memoir after it is denounced by her children

A purported Kim Porter memoir is pulled by Amazon after 'a dispute regarding this title.' The removal comes after Porter's kids with Diddy called the book fake. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-10-02 21:36:05 UTC ]
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Amazon pulls ‘fake’ Kim Porter memoir about Sean Combs after backlash

Book claiming to tell story of abusive relationship was denounced by their children as fabricatedAmazon confirmed on Tuesday the removal of a memoir from its site that purports to tell the story of an abusive relationship between the late actor and model Kim Porter and her longtime partner, the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-02 13:14:09 UTC ]
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Why Whoopi Goldberg Helped Launch Family-Friendly Streaming Service BLKFam

Despite the entertainment industry having more streaming services than ever, Whoopi Goldberg and digital media veteran Larry Adams thought something was missing. That's where BLKFam comes in. Founded by Adams, BLKFam is a free, Black-owned, advertising-based... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-10-01 13:28:38 UTC ]
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Want to help whip the llama’s ass? Winamp goes open source (sort of)

If you’re a Gen Xer or Millenial who used to listen to music on your Windows XP computer back in the 2000s, you probably have fond memories of the llama-whipping Winamp. Though it was discontinued back in 2013, it was picked up by new owners a few years ago and re-released for a... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-09-26 18:52:06 UTC ]
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Diddy and Kim Porter's children blast alleged memoir attributed to their late mother

Kim Porter's children take aim at a purported memoir detailing her relationship with Sean 'Diddy' Combs: 'Claims that our mom wrote a book are simply untrue.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-25 18:22:50 UTC ]
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I Wrote a Trans Memoir Without Even Knowing It (at First)

I was young when I first started using words to avoid reality. The earliest examples can be found in my teenage journals which, while not quite fiction, display a decidedly ambivalent relationship with the truth. I wrote around the subjects of my sexual orientation and gender identity as if I... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-25 08:57:01 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Creates New Role to Help Battle Book Bans

Rosalie (Rosie) Stewart, most recently manager of grassroots communications for the ALA's Public Policy and Advocacy Office, will join the publisher as senior manager for public policy, reporting directly to PRH VP Skip Dye, a key move that signals the publisher's intent to expand its battle... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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L-WORD Stars Reveal Cover of New Memoir and More Book News!

Plus cover reveals, the Booker Prize shortlist, and the trailer for HEARTSTOPPER Season 3 . Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-09-19 14:30:00 UTC ]
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50 Facts About The Power Broker to Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Robert Caro’s The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Fact #1). The book remains incredibly popular—it’s currently in its 74th printing and has has never been out of print in hardcover or paperback (#2), despite Caro initially... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-16 16:00:08 UTC ]
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Amazon’s Audiobook Narrators Can Now Make Their Own AI Voice Clones

Plus: Meta’s AI scrapes the UK, Google digitizes your passport, Chrome syncs your tabs everywhere, and (have you heard?) Apple announces some new iPhones. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2024-09-14 14:30:00 UTC ]
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‘I wanted to write a suburban Reacher’: Richard Osman talks to Lee Child about class, success and the secret to great crime writing

The two bestselling authors who both started in TV discuss writing as a second career, natural justice – and what they really think of literary fictionIn the four years since Richard Osman published his first Thursday Murder Club novel he has consistently topped the bestseller lists, and now his... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-09-14 09:00:23 UTC ]
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Tracy O’Neill’s Mid-Pandemic Search for Her Birth Mother Became A Globe-Trotting Memoir

Tracy O’Neill’s Woman of Interest is a quest memoir: a voyage there and back, out and in. The book recounts the author’s search for her birth mother during the frightening heights of covid, “a pandemic that had miniaturized life.” Enlisting the help of a PI named Joe, a former CIA operative,... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-09-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Language, Love and Visibility: Looking Back on an Immigrant Childhood

In the years since this memoir was first published, readers have asked me a number of questions: What does your family think of the book? How did you start writing a memoir in essays? Is the book available in Spanish? The question that took me by surprise, though, came in 2020 on the eve of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-13 08:55:35 UTC ]
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‘The Power Broker’ Is Finally Getting a Digital Edition. What Took So Long?

Robert Caro’s mammoth study of the urban planner Robert Moses is coming out as an e-book this month, on the 50th anniversary of the biography’s publication. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-09-12 12:39:45 UTC ]
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With a new memoir 20 years after breakout hit 'Leave (Get Out),' JoJo is back in control

With a memoir, a Broadway turn in 'Moulin Rouge!,' a planned tour and new music, Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque is back in control of her career. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-12 10:00:34 UTC ]
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