Category: Autobiography/Biography

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Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito

Cameron Esposito | Save Yourself | ‘Cameron Esposito is on her way to becoming a household name, thanks to her unique brand of comedy that doesn’t shy away from the issues women (and ma

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Rachel Maddow by Lisa Rogak

Lisa Rogak | Rachel Maddow | ‘The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news. Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that’s novel in today’s America: she uses he

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Memoir

My Autobiography Of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland

Jenn Shapland | My Autobiography Of Carson McCullers | While working as an intern in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center, Jenn Shapland encounters the love letters of Carson McCullers and a woman named

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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado | In the Dream House | A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other PartiesIn the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engr

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Sontag by Moser Benjamin

Moser Benjamin | Sontag | ‘Benjamin Moser’s Sontag, a biography of Susan Sontag, is a portrait of the iconoclastic and prolific essayist, novelist, and critic and her role in t

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A woman who– by Yvonne Rainer

Yvonne Rainer | A woman who– | Yvonne Rainer is one of the most important feminist, avant-garde filmmakers working today. She began her career as a dancer and choreographer, and was

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Rowing Against the Wind by Angela Madsen

Angela Madsen | Rowing Against the Wind | In September of 1993, at the age of 33, Angela Madsen underwent back surgery for an injury she sustained while on duty in the military. Her goal was t

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Black Interest Literary Criticism

The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni by Nikki Giovanni

Nikki Giovanni | The Prosaic Soul of Nikki Giovanni | For the first time, the collected prose of national treasure Nikki Giovanni Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-Five Yea

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Queer Voices from Japan by Mark McLelland

Mark McLelland | Queer Voices from Japan | Queer Voices from Japan examines the wide range of queer voices in Japan, and the longevity that these minority communities have enjoyed in society. M

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Square Haunting by Francesca Wade

Francesca Wade | Square Haunting | ‘Outstanding. I’ll be recommending this all year.’ Sarah Bakewell ‘A beautiful and deeply moving book.’ Sally Rooney ‘I like this London life . . . t