Memoir

Oscar winner Viola Davis offers an unflinching account of her difficult journey to stardom.

Oscar winner Viola Davis offers an unflinching account of her difficult journey to stardom.

Billy Porter’s frankness as he delves into topics like gay rights, racism and the redemptive power of art make his memoir a rewarding book club pick.

Billy Porter’s frankness as he delves into topics like gay rights, racism and the redemptive power of art make his memoir a rewarding book club pick.

In this bold yet vulnerable memoir, comedian Jo Koy shares fascinating details about his creative methods and growth.

In this bold yet vulnerable memoir, comedian Jo Koy shares fascinating details about his creative methods and growth.

With writing that is at once humorous and profound, Nina Sharma’s memoir unfurls the chronicle of her love affair and calls for greater unity among Asian and Black Americans.

With writing that is at once humorous and profound, Nina Sharma’s memoir unfurls the chronicle of her love affair and calls for greater unity among Asian and Black Americans.

In her stirring memoir, Committed, Suzanne Scanlon tracks her entwined reading and mental health histories.

In her stirring memoir, Committed, Suzanne Scanlon tracks her entwined reading and mental health histories.

In Rebel Girl, Kathleen Hanna intentionally busts open her feminist idol identity, liberating herself from our perceptions and serving some hard-won wisdom.

In Rebel Girl, Kathleen Hanna intentionally busts open her feminist idol identity, liberating herself from our perceptions and serving some hard-won wisdom.

In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace’s dazzling debut memoir, love is an act of defiance.

In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace’s dazzling debut memoir, love is an act of defiance.

Mixing memoir and reportage, Sarah McCammon documents the growing number of young people who, like her, have left the evangelical fold to navigate a new world.

Mixing memoir and reportage, Sarah McCammon documents the growing number of young people who, like her, have left the evangelical fold to navigate a new world.

In the extraordinary Where Rivers Part, Kao Kalia Yang writes with deep feeling and grace about her mother, a Hmong woman who escaped the cascading violence from the Vietnam War.

In the extraordinary Where Rivers Part, Kao Kalia Yang writes with deep feeling and grace about her mother, a Hmong woman who escaped the cascading violence from the Vietnam War.

In Facing the Unseen, Black Man in a White Coat author Damon Tweedy makes an impassioned call for better mental health care.

In Facing the Unseen, Black Man in a White Coat author Damon Tweedy makes an impassioned call for better mental health care.

Annabelle Tometich’s memoir, The Mango Tree, may be about a fractured mother-daughter relationship, but it also understands that all trees derive strength from their roots.

Annabelle Tometich’s memoir, The Mango Tree, may be about a fractured mother-daughter relationship, but it also understands that all trees derive strength from their roots.

Andre Dubus III plumbs emotional depths in his beautifully crafted memoir in essays, Ghost Dogs.

Andre Dubus III plumbs emotional depths in his beautifully crafted memoir in essays, Ghost Dogs.

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