For Women’s History Month, #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three memoirs that portray a range of women’s …
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LitStack RecsMemoir
A Testament to Darkness and Light: And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, a memoir by Mike Smith
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, …
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Hiding a Perilous Truth in James Tate Hill’s “Blind Man’s Bluff”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this LitStack Rec, we’re revisiting James Tate Hill’s engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man’s …
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Literary FictionLitStack RecsMemoirPoetry
An Inspiring Read for National Poetry Month | “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA Story Deepened by a Poetic Sensibility Ocean Vuong’s 2019 novel, On Earth We’re Briefly …
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The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love …
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This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …
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The Princess DiaristCarrie FisherBlue Rider PressRelease Date: November 22, 2016ISBN 978-0-3991-7359-2 In her 1984 semi-biographical …
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Born A Crime – Stories from a South African ChildhoodTrevor NoahRandom HouseRelease Date: November 15, …
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LitStack Recs: Dreams From My Father & A Fort of Nine Towers
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanDreams From My Father, by Barack Obama Stories that center on fathers have a distinct …
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Boy Erased Garrard Conley Riverhead Books Release Date: May 10, 2016 ISBN 978-1-59463-301-0 It was …
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LitStack Rec: Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place & Moon Girl
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanBird Cloud: A Memoir of Place, by Annie Proulx The memoir by this award-winning novelist (The …
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LitStack Rec: Havanas in Camelot & A Crayon’s Story
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanHavanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for …
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LitStack Recs: Patrimony – A True Story and Cloud Atlas
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanPatrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth’s 1991 memoir charts the illness and death …
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Litstack Recs: The Places In-Between & The Silmarillion
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Places In-Between, Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan from …
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Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion is an author I’ve long revered, whose books …
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You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) Felicia Day Touchstone Books Release Date: August 11, …
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LitStack Recs: A Brief Look at Father Memoirs & Blueberry Girl
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA Brief Look at Father Memoirs Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place …
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Born With Teeth: A Memoir Kate Mulgrew Little Brown and Company Release Date: April 14, …
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Literary FictionMemoirUncategorized
A Brief Look at the British Travel Memoir
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThree authors linked by the British tradition of going by foot and writing about it. …
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All or Nothing – One Chef’s Appetite for the Extreme Jesse Schenker Dey Street Books …
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Travels With Casey Benoit Denizet-Lewis Simon & Schuster Release Date: July 22, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4391-4693-4 …
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LitStack Recs: ‘I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place’ and ‘Born to Pull’
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanI Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place Howard Norman In the essay-as-memoir, the writer can …
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Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His …