'Why I Left Goldman Sachs': a viral op-ed expands into a memoir

Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith's 'Why I Left Goldman Sachs' drew strong response as an op-ed in The New York Times, but is garnering negative reviews as a memoir. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Caster Semenya to publish ‘unflinching’ memoir with Stormzy’s #Merky Books

In The Race to Be Myself, the Olympian athlete will detail her battle for permission to compete as a woman with hyperandrogenismStormzy’s #Merky Books is to publish Olympian Caster Semenya’s memoir this year.South African athlete Semenya, whose book is titled The Race to Be Myself, was just 18... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-06-02 12:52:34 UTC ]
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At the center of L.A.'s transformation: a man named Zev. His memoir is essential history

"Zev's Los Angeles," a memoir by former L.A. County supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, covers an era when L.A. transformed radically — and does it really well. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-29 13:00:43 UTC ]
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PJ Library Expands Outreach to Authors

The non-profit organization that mails millions of books a year to families with connections to Judaism, has relaunched and added online seminars to a program that takes 20 authors and illustrators for eight days in Israel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookselling expanded again in 2022, with new and diverse stores opening nationwide

The independent bookselling community continues to grow, with membership in the American Booksellers Association reaching its highest levels in more than 20 years Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2023-05-22 13:34:43 UTC ]
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Independent bookselling expanded again in 2022, with new and diverse stores opening nationwide

The independent bookselling community continues to grow, with membership in the American Booksellers Association reaching its highest levels in more than 20 years Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2023-05-22 13:32:22 UTC ]
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Expanding the Reimagining Bookstores Campaign

A cornerstone of the Reimagining Bookstores campaign is encouraging booksellers to rethink “outdated” frameworks for maximizing profits and instead emphasizing bookstores’ social value—and now, organizers say, is the time to double down on that. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Motherhood, ambition and undiagnosed depression collide in a brutally honest memoir

In 'Life B: Overcoming Double Depression,' book critic Bethanne Patrick writes of a life stifled by family commitments and undiagnosed mental illness — until now. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-16 13:00:23 UTC ]
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Tracing the Evolution of Celebrity Memoirs, from Charles Lindbergh to Will Smith

Today, celebrities tell their stories in memoirs as a duty forced on them by their agents and their fans. They can publish them to supplement a thriving career or to give a declining career a boost with the allure of finally-let-it-all-hang-out details. Sometimes a memoir launches a career all... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-09 08:53:59 UTC ]
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They were once inseparable: A defiantly odd graphic memoir seeks a lost best friend

Comics artist and novelist MariNaomi tackles a puzzle in the memoir 'I Thought You Loved Me': Why did a best friend dump them? Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-05 13:00:54 UTC ]
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Condé Nast Unveils Expanded Digital Video Slate During NewFronts

The digital media company Cond? Nast unveiled a slate of new video offerings, ad products and experiential franchises at its NewFronts presentation this morning in The Spiral at Hudson Yards, furthering its embrace of business lines that extend beyond its core editorial product. Speaking to a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2023-05-04 14:15:00 UTC ]
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Literati Book Fairs Expand into Minneapolis with Start Reading Now Partnership

The arrangement will bring some 21 free Literati book fairs to Minneapolis schools in 2023 and will fund free books for kids in need. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Southern Manitoba libraries battle defunding attempts over sex-ed content in children's books

What started last year with a group trying to get a few children's sexual education books pulled from the shelves of a southern Manitoba library has now turned into accusations that its staff are pedophiles and a campaign to defund it, the... Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-05-01 10:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Essential LGBTQ Memoirs

Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Hull, author of 'Through the Groves,' reflects on the 10 LGBTQ memoirs that shaped her. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Memoir About Friendship and Mental Illness

A Q&A with Jonathan Rosen, whose new book, The Best Minds, delves into a fraught friendship and the societal response to schizophrenia Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2023-04-21 18:24:00 UTC ]
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Blair Tindall, Whose Music Memoir Scandalized, Dies at 63

Her 2005 book, “Mozart in the Jungle,” lived up to its subtitle, “Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music,” and was later made into an Amazon TV series. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-04-19 18:57:28 UTC ]
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This Memoir Shows How To Find Beauty In The Aftermath Of Divorce

Maggie Smith's book "You Could Make This Place Beautiful" explores the meanings behind womanhood, gender roles, family and jobs. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2023-04-19 09:45:33 UTC ]
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Sanyu Dillon Expands Leadership at Random House's Harmony, Rodale Imprints

In her first big move as president of Random House Publishing Group, Sanyu Dillon announced promotions to expand the leadership team of Harmony and Rodale, naming Theresa Zoro president of the two imprints. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Chita: A Memoir,’ by Chita Rivera with Patrick Pacheco

Her new memoir finds the 90-year-old singer-dancer hungry for acclaim, but generous to others on her way to getting it. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-04-17 09:00:22 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Stalking Shakespeare: A Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint,’ by Lee Durkee

In “Stalking Shakespeare,” Lee Durkee describes his quest to find a true, authentic image of the famous playwright, a search that becomes a tragicomic tale in its own right. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-04-15 09:00:13 UTC ]
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Brittney Griner’s Memoir to Be Published

Brittney Griner's memoir is set to be published by Knopf. The memoir will be intimate and moving," and will detail her detainment in Russia. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-04-12 16:24:45 UTC ]
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