Autobiography and Memoir

Revolution & #Resistance: The Life and Times of Lauren Duca

Revolution & #Resistance: The Life and Times of Lauren Duca Revolution & #Resistance: The Life and Times of Lauren Duca

She wants to lead a youth movement, but her first book says more about a media ecosystem that helped produce her than radical action.

Nov 21, 2019 / Haley Mlotek

LIz Phair

Liz Phair on Everyday ‘Horror Stories’ Liz Phair on Everyday ‘Horror Stories’

The Grammy-nominated musician speaks to The Nation about her new memoir.

Nov 14, 2019 / Dave Zirin

A Family, a House, a City: Sarah Broom’s Remarkable Memoir of New Orleans

A Family, a House, a City: Sarah Broom’s Remarkable Memoir of New Orleans A Family, a House, a City: Sarah Broom’s Remarkable Memoir of New Orleans

In the Yellow House, Broom traces a new map of NOLA—one that tangles with the city’s history and her own.

Nov 7, 2019 / Jessica Lynne

The Revolutionary Joy of Trans Life

The Revolutionary Joy of Trans Life The Revolutionary Joy of Trans Life

Mainstream portrayals of transitioning rarely entertain the possibility that the process can be ecstatic and even amusing. Lou Sullivan’s diaries tells another story.

Oct 9, 2019 / Sasha Geffen

Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist

Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist

We talked to the writer about his debut memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and his move from poetry to prose.

Oct 7, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

Caspar Weinberger

Carolyn Forché’s Powerful Reckoning Carolyn Forché’s Powerful Reckoning

In her memoir, the poet confronts America’s role in El Salvador’s brutal civil war.

Aug 27, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Suzy Hansen

American flag

Defending the Right of Radical Dissent Is the Highest Expression of Patriotism Defending the Right of Radical Dissent Is the Highest Expression of Patriotism

A new book by David Maraniss captures the spirit of the Independence Day far more truly than Trump’s parade.

Jul 3, 2019 / John Nichols

William vanden Heuvel

In Our Tumultuous Times, History Offers Hope In Our Tumultuous Times, History Offers Hope

A new memoir calls us to action.

May 28, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How Jayson Greene Wrote One of the Year’s Most Affecting Memoirs

How Jayson Greene Wrote One of the Year’s Most Affecting Memoirs How Jayson Greene Wrote One of the Year’s Most Affecting Memoirs

Once More We Saw Stars, which follows his family after the death of his daughter Greta, is at once an elegy, a raw outcry of rage, and a meditation on relearning to live and work i...

May 2, 2019 / Nathan Goldman

Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires

Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires Comic Book Catharsis: A Q&A With Brian Fies on His Powerful Graphic Novel About California Wildfires

His new memoir, A Fire Story, details what happened when the Tubbs Fire turned his and his neighbors’ lives upside down.

Apr 26, 2019 / Elena Goukassian

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