Saeed Jones’s Striking Memoir About Race, Sex, and Self-Invention

Katy Waldman writes on Saeed Jones’s new memoir, “How We Fight for Our Lives,” and its focus on Jones’s mother and his self-making. Continue reading at 'New Yorker'

[ New Yorker | 2019-10-10 09:00:00 UTC ]
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The Years: an audacious adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s masterpiece of memoir and sociology

A life in five parts in a changing France is wrought powerfully on stage in this adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s book The Years Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2024-08-09 10:28:43 UTC ]
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Liza Minnelli announces memoir because documentaries ‘didn’t get it right’

Cabaret star says she felt ‘mad as hell’ after hearing stories from people who didn’t know her or her family, and will release untitled book in 2026Liza Minnelli is to release a memoir after she claimed previous screen depictions of her life “didn’t get it right”.The 78-year-old US actor and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-08-07 01:04:27 UTC ]
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The Most Astonishing Revelation in Fred Trump III’s Memoir Isn’t Donald’s Racial Slur

All in the Family is a rare thing in Trumpworld: a book written without malice or bitterness. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2024-07-31 21:00:05 UTC ]
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Nine Entertainment journalists reach in-principle pay agreement after five-day strike

Union members vote to accept offer that is one percentage point higher over three years than previous proposalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJournalists at Nine’s publishing arm have called off... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-31 09:32:46 UTC ]
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Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir scheduled for this fall

Former first lady, who has been mostly absent as her husband campaigns, has never told her own story at length beforeThe former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, Melania, billed by her office as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-26 13:42:09 UTC ]
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Nine newspapers staff vote for five-day strike on eve of Paris Olympics

Editorial staff from the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, the Brisbane Times and WAtoday reject improved pay offerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJournalists employed by... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-25 08:05:30 UTC ]
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Suzanne Scanlon’s Memoir Confronts the Stories We Don’t Tell About Women and Madness

Suzanne Scanlon’s book, Committed: A Memoir of Finding Meaning in Madness, is a memoir unlike any I’ve read. Scanlon returns to the landscape of the past, reflecting on her experience of being committed in the New York State Psychiatric Hospital while a student at Barnard in the late 1990s.... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-07-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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'Hillbilly Elegy': JD Vance's rise to vice presidential candidate began with a bestselling memoir

At the heart of JD Vance’s journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-07-16 01:50:32 UTC ]
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Margaret Juhae Lee on How Secrets Fuel Memoir Writing

Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is currently in its fourth year. We are a weekly podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-15 08:01:27 UTC ]
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's diminutive sex therapist, dead at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-07-13 16:10:17 UTC ]
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Always Running: Luis J. Rodríguez’s memoir of gang days in LA is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago

Many of the book’s themes, including structural racism, inequalities and poverty are as topical now as 30 years ago. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2024-07-08 15:26:53 UTC ]
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Time strikes a deal to funnel 101 years of journalism into OpenAI's gaping maw

Time has joined a growing number of publications to sign a licensing deal with OpenAI. The ChatGPT creator will legally be able to train its large language models on 101 years worth of the storied publication's journalism, as Axios first reported. OpenAI will also have access to real-time... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-27 14:40:58 UTC ]
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Column: Anthony Fauci has a right to savage Trump. His memoir takes a different and telling approach

The physician and researcher who weathered the COVID pandemic, the HIV/AIDS crisis and countless Republican conspiracy theories has a new book. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-06-23 10:30:27 UTC ]
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How Much of This is True? On the Subtle Nuances of Memoir and Autofiction

When my first book, a memoir about my time in the Marines called Eat the Apple, was published back in 2018, I did an event at Powell’s with a fellow writer, Matt Robinson, who’d written an amazing collection of stories called The Horse Latitudes. Robinson’s an Army vet and was writing about Iraq... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Fall 2024 Adult Preview: Memoirs & Biographies

Fall brings form-breaking memoirs from seasoned novelists, context-shifting biographies of Audre Lorde and MLK, and autobiographies by the likes of Al Pacino and Josh Brolin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This NYC vet makes house calls. In 'Pets and the City,' she's penned a memoir full of tails

As a city kid, veterinarian Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside healing animals a la the classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-06-10 13:18:31 UTC ]
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Jill Ciment’s New Memoir Revisits Her Affair With a Much Older Man

Jill Ciment’s 1996 memoir “Half a Life” described her teenage affair with the man she eventually married. Her new memoir, “Consent,” dramatically revises some details. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-06-10 09:02:59 UTC ]
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ALA 2024: ‘That Librarian’ Fights Back: PW Talks with Amanda Jones

The author of ‘That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America’ discusses her fight for the freedom to read and her debut memoir. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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