Tag Archives: Personal Memoirs
Afterglow (a dog memoir)
by Eileen MylesEileen Myles—“a kick-ass counter-cultural icon” (New Yorker)—has written an innovative and intimate account of living with a pit bull named Rosie.
The Zanzibar Chest
by Aidan Hartley“An extraordinary and heartbreaking book, the finest account of a war correspondent’s psychic wracking since Michael Herr’s Dispatches, and the best white writing from Africa in many, many years.” —Rian Malan, author of My Traitor’s Heart…
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson“Magnificent . . . A tour de force of literature and love.” —Megan O’Grady, Vogue
The Voyeur’s Motel
by Gay TaleseFrom Gay Talese, a remarkable new work of reportage more than thirty years in the making.
To the New Owners
by Madeleine BlaisFrom the celebrated, bestselling journalist, and memoirist Madeleine Blais, the story of a family home on Martha’s Vineyard.
Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss
by Tom DavisA memoir by Tom Davis, an original writer on Saturday Night Live and comedy partner with Al Franken, Thirty-nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss…
This Boy’s Life
by Tobias Wolff“Wolff writes in language that is lyrical without embellishment, defines his characters with exact strokes and perfectly pitched voices, [and] creates suspense around ordinary…
There’s a Road to Everywhere Except Where You Came From
by Bryan CharlesBryan Charles came to New York for sex, glory, and literature. What he got was a temp job in the Twin Towers. From the…
Still Writing
by Dani Shapiro“One of those rare books that is both beautiful and useful. Still Writing is an exploration of the writing life, lit up by Shapiro’s…
Sick Girl
by Amy Silverstein“[Sick Girl] shocked me. It was a revelation. I couldn’t stop reading it. . . . It’s a book that made me shake my head in disbelief with every chapter….
