You’re Not Edith by Allison Gruber
Allison Gruber | You’re Not Edith | If the autobiographical essays in You’re Not Edith are any indication, Allison Gruber has a surprisingly functional (not to mention intimate) relation
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Eight Bullets by Claudia Brenner; Hannah Ashley
Claudia Brenner; Hannah Ashley | Eight Bullets | From Publishers Weekly
On May 12, 1988, Claudia Brenner and her companion, Rebecca Wight, parked their car on Dead Woman’s Hollow Road before star
Exile in the Promised Land: a Memoir by Marcia Freedman
Marcia Freedman | Exile in the Promised Land: a Memoir | Lively first-person account of fourteen years in Israel by former Knesset member, feminist movement founder, early peace activist.
Proudly Malawian by Makhosazana Xaba; Crystal Biruk
Makhosazana Xaba; Crystal Biruk | Proudly Malawian | This groundbreaking collection brings together the life stories of eleven lesbian, bisexual ad gender nonconforming Malawians. Told in the contributo
Alice Walker by Evelyn C. White
Evelyn C. White | Alice Walker | The first full-length biography of the author of The Color Purple–an American icon praised and pilloried for her art and activism. Born to a share
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges
Nicole J. Georges | Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home | Nicole Georges’ second book is, like her first book Calling Doctor Laura, a graphic novel and memoir. But it’s also a love story, dedicated not to ano
Apocalypse, Darling by Barrie Jean Borich
Barrie Jean Borich | Apocalypse, Darling | Barrie Jean Borich’s Apocalypse, Darling is a lyrical memoir that reads like a long-form narrative poem, wrought with long, sweeping sentences and dre
Called Back by Mary Cappello
Mary Cappello | Called Back | “Mary Cappello’s Called Back shimmers on the page. Ezra Pound said a writer has to make it new’ and Cappello has done that rare feat. Cancer books ha
The Perfect Gentleman by June Rose
June Rose | The Perfect Gentleman | The life of Dr. James Miranda Barry, born about 1799, who, disguised as a man, served in the British army for forty- six years until retirement at the
Ladies Of The Rope by William Patrick Patterson
William Patrick Patterson | Ladies Of The Rope | This is the first book to examine the Rope, the special ladies-only group of spiritual seekers that G. I. Gurdjieff formed on Paris’ Left Bank. All le