Looking to the mother I barely knew
My gay father raised me, but I felt a truer kinship with my mother
Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18Life Motherhood, Fatherhood
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Jason Collins’ ex-fiancée to write a memoir about his coming out
Former WNBA player Carolyn Moos will reflect on her "recent life events about her former fiancé"
Monday, May 6, 2013 10:07 PM UTCEntertainment jason collins, Memoir, Books
Beastie Boys to write memoir
The hip-hop group wants to publish "a multidimensional experience" and oral history
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:50 PM UTCEntertainment Beastie Boys, Memoir, Music
Must do’s: What we like this week
Add "The Bletchey Circle" to your Sunday night lineup and listen to David Sedaris read his latest book
Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“The Astor Orphan”: Rich little poor girl
A woman descended from the fabled Astor clan describes growing up among eccentric artists in a crumbling mansion
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 10:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Memoir
David Axelrod to write a memoir
Barack Obama's former political strategist will write about his career and relationships with other politicians
Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 4:35 PM UTCEntertainment David Axelrod, Barack Obama
Even a Mets fan can be optimistic on Opening Day
Baseball season is finally upon us, which means hope once again springs eternal
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 4:12 PM UTCLife The Classical, Baseball, the mets
Aleksandar Hemon: “I cannot stand that whole game of confession. I have nothing to confess and I do not ask for redemption”
The Sarajevo native redefines memoir and describes how his oldest daughter inspired him to write about loss
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment sarajevo, Bosnia, literature
Must Do’s: What we like this week
We go south of the Mason-Dixon line; watch Elisabeth Moss solve a case; and take a break from those crazy "Girls"
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV
“Wave”: A family vacation turns into the worst kind of nightmare
The author survived the 2004 tsunami, but she lost her parents, her husband and her children
Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction
National Book Critics Circle’s 2013 awards announced
Winners include debut novelist Ben Fountain and seasoned LBJ biographer Robert Caro
Friday, Mar 1, 2013 3:40 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Awards
My awful past keeps me from writing
I had such a horrible childhood that the anxiety and fear are paralyzing
Monday, Feb 25, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 13Life Since You Asked, Writing
Julia Scheeres was losing her religion
In "Jesus Land," a memoirst reckons with an Evangelical upbringing and the grief of her brother's death
Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Religion, julia scheeres, Memoir
“Give Me Everything You Have”: Stalked!
A writing teacher describes his years-long ordeal as the object of a former student's hate-filled obsession
Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 21Entertainment What to Read, Editor's Picks
“I don’t take pleasure in things I’m not good at. I’m good at sitting in a bar”
In her memoir "Drinking With Men," the New York Times drinks columnist recounts the virtues of being a regular
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:59 AM UTCEntertainment Books, literature, Rosie Schaap
Salon’s guide to writing a memoir
Authors behind "Jarhead," "The Kiss" and other classics help you avoid embarrassing yourself (but not your family)
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 11:00 PM UTCLife Memoir, Writers and Writing
Julie Klausner dated horrible men so that you don’t have to
A darkly comic memoir by the hilarious writer/podcaster reflects on her pursuit of love in all the wrong places
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Audiobooks, The Listener
Why’s everyone so down on the memoir?
Critics take grim satisfaction in tearing the genre to pieces. How quickly they forget Nabokov and Karr and Wolff
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 9:37 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Memoir
Do memoirs have to be so unhappy?
Legendary critic Calvin Trillin discusses his favorite books of the genre
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 12:45 PM UTCEntertainment The Browser, calvin trillin
Alisa Valdes: Anti-feminist romance not so romantic
Alisa Valdes' book "Feminist and the Cowboy" is about a man who taught her to "submit." Now she says he abused her
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 12:10 AM UTC 52Life Violence Against Women
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