Tag: memoir
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Possess Me, Demon, Please by Alexandra Dos Santos
An addiction memoir written by a horror writer. It’s brilliant.
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“Was he telling himself that a 17-year-old had bewitched him?”
How do we assess these relationships when they work out? I’ve been thinking about this piece since I read it.
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Happening by Annie Ernaux
It’s less than 100 pages long and shook me to the core. Absolutely essential and unforgettable.
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“I ruined a dinner party ten years ago in Phoenix.”
Laurie Stone is a great writer I’d never heard of until today. She also has a couple documentaries on to check out.
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Chronicles Volume 1 by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s book, read by someone who isn’t really a Dylan guy.
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Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams
This memoir is a story of addiction that sadly killed him before he could see it in print. It’s a lot more than that too.
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“…I don’t want Marsh anywhere near my brain.”
Ken Whyte’s Substack today is about the evolution of the memoir writer over time – how a series written over the span of several years or decades reveals as much about the person writing as it does about the subject — and even more when the subject is the writer. He uses the three books…
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Artificial: A Love Story by Amy Kurzweil
There’s a lot more to this book than you might expect. I read it twice — once to get a feel for the story, another time to engage with it. I generally find that with graphic novels, the second reading is much more impactful than the first. The easy pitch is “The author and her…
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A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney
I must confess I now find it difficult to truly and fully relax around people who haven’t had some significant tragedy and pain in their lives. Just another one of the many things that make me a fun hang. This is so relatable. My wife and I have had more than our share of very…
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Owner of a Lonely Heart by Beth Nguyen
I put this on my library hold list because of the rave reviews at Book Marks. Even still, after I picked it up I was reluctant to start reading it. I didn’t expect it to hit home like it did. I watched television the way I read books: studying, memorizing, looking for clues. As if every…