The Joker by Andrew Hudgins
Andrew Hudgins reads two excerpts from his memoir, The Joker, published in June by Simon & Schuster.
Catch It and Paint It Green
I was slow to delight in disorder, in which words didn’t mean what I’d...
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Smile at Strangers by Susan Schorn
Susan Schorn reads from her debut memoir, Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly, published in May by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Fall down seven times, get up eight.
I'm pondering...
Deborah Copaken Kogan Versus the Establishment, Performance Poet Kate Tempest, and More
Deborah Copaken Kogan details the obstacles she's encountered in her storied career as a journalist and author; Christian Science Monitor features Robert Frost's ten favorite books; the Guardian looks at the work of Kate Tempest, the first person under forty to win the Ted Hughes award for innovation in poetry; and other news.
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Steve Almond on the State of Narrative Fiction, New Novel by Khaled Hosseini, and More
Caleb Crain on the life and death of Aaron Swartz; Chris Hayes discusses Barack Obama with authors Ayana Mathis, George Saunders, Victor LaValle, and Michael Chabon; Pentametron, a Twitter bot, seeks out tweets written in iambic pentameter; and other news.
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I Will Not Leave You Comfortless by Jeremy Jackson
Jeremy Jackson reads from his memoir, I Will Not Leave You Comfortless, published in October by Milkweed Editions.A StormOn the last Wednesday of April, 1983, my grandmother went to a funeral. She drove from the farm to...
The Written Image: Are You My Mother?
In this issue we offer a look at Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Are You My Mother? published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this month.
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The Beauty of a Brutal Honesty: A Profile of Cheryl Strayed
In her memoir, Wild, published in March 2012, author Cheryl Strayed reveals all she lost following the death of her mother, and takes readers along on her three-month hike through the wilderness to find it again.
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Goodbye to Algonquin's Oak Room, E. B. White Answers the ASPCA, and More
Melville House wonders when publishers will speak out about Amazon; New York City's Algonquin Hotel announced that when it reopens this spring after a renovation, the famed Oak Room will be gone; E. B. White answers a charge levied by the ASPCA; and more
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The Light at Dusk: A Profile of Joan Didion
Having chronicled her husband’s sudden death in The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion returns to the subject of loss in a new memoir, Blue Nights, about the subsequent passing of her daughter.
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Facing the Facts: A Profile of Heather Sellers
Staring down a disorder that prevents her from recognizing faces offers ample material for a memoir, but Heather Sellers tackles much more in You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know.
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