Tag Archives: Personal Memoirs
Unabridged
by Stefan FatsisFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Word Freak, a vibrant, lively, and illuminating journey through the exotic world of Merriam-Webster, dictionaries, and language, at…
Hotshot
by River SelbyThe fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter, Hotshot navigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefighting
Backstage
by Donna LeonA memorable collection of stories and essays on writing, reading, teaching, and Venice by the celebrated author of the bestselling Guido Brunetti series
In France Profound
by T.D. AllmanFrom the National Book Award-longlisted author of Finding Florida, a sparkling, sweeping chronicle of the author’s life and discoveries in a town in “Deep France,”…
Wandering through Life
by Donna LeonThe internationally bestselling author of the Guido Brunetti mysteries tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her eighties
Radical
by Xiaolu GuoFrom NBCC-winning author of Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo, Radical is a provocative memoir and an intercultural feminist lexicon of a sojourn in New York that upended her sense of self as a woman, partner, mother, and artist…
Chinese Prodigal
by David ShihFrom an exciting and sharp-voiced new observer of American culture, a forthright and probing debut exploring Asian American identity in a racially codified country
How to Think Like a Woman
by Regan PenalunaFrom a bold new voice in nonfiction, an exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential 17th and 18th century feminist philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and…
Also a Poet
by Ada CalhounA staggering memoir from New York Times-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poet
Things I Have Withheld
by Kei MillerAcclaimed Forward Prize winner, novelist, and poet, Kei Miller’s linked collection of essays blends memoir and literary commentary to explore the silences that exist…
