Hiding a Perilous Truth in James Tate Hill’s “Blind Man’s Bluff”
For this LitStack Rec, we're revisiting James Tate Hill's engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man's Bluff (2021). We're anticipating James'...
For this LitStack Rec, we're revisiting James Tate Hill's engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man's Bluff (2021). We're anticipating James'...
A Story Deepened by a Poetic SensibilityA Legacy of Mixed HeritageSeeing Personal History Through the Prisms of War and ErasureThe...
For #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three memoirs that portray a range of women's lives, from mid-century summers in Brittany, to pre-9/11...
The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love and attachment—like the social media...
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, with a foreword by Emma Thompson. Edited by Alan Taylor “Of all the...
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, and likely it’s as the outspoken girl next...
This Boy's Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life has since become a...
The Princess DiaristCarrie FisherBlue Rider PressRelease Date: November 22, 2016ISBN 978-0-3991-7359-2 In her 1984 semi-biographical novel Postcards from the Edge,...
Born A Crime - Stories from a South African ChildhoodTrevor NoahRandom HouseRelease Date: November 15, 2016ISBN 978-0-3995-8817-4 Reading biographies from...
Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place in the memoir genre....
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by Michael Chabon You know a...
Boy Erased Garrard Conley Riverhead Books Release Date: May 10, 2016 ISBN 978-1-59463-301-0 It was sheer coincidence that had me...
Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place, by Annie Proulx The memoir by this award-winning novelist (The Shipping News) and story writer...
Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for his novels (The Confessions of...
Patrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth's 1991 memoir charts the illness and death of his father, Herman Roth,...
The Places In-Between, Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul. A scholar...
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion is an author I've long revered, whose books have had a titanic effect...
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) Felicia Day Touchstone Books Release Date: August 11, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4767-8565-3 In 2007,...
A Brief Look at Father Memoirs Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place in the memoir genre. For...
Born With Teeth: A Memoir Kate Mulgrew Little Brown and Company Release Date: April 14, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-33431-0 In the...
Three authors linked by the British tradition of going by foot and writing about it. A Time of Gifts: On...
All or Nothing - One Chef's Appetite for the Extreme Jesse Schenker Dey Street Books Release Date: September 30, 2014...
Travels With Casey Benoit Denizet-Lewis Simon & Schuster Release Date: July 22, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4391-4693-4 Premise: a man sets out...
I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place Howard Norman In the essay-as-memoir, the writer can do a lot of things....
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality John Schwartz Penguin Group...