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Biography and Memoir March 2024
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Cloistered : my years as a nun
by Catherine Coldstream
Provides a memoir of life inside the world of a traditional Carmelite monastery and the intense personal journey into and out of an enclosed life of poverty, chastity and obedience.
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Ghost dogs : on killers and kin
by Andre Dubus
This new collection of essays from the best-selling author of Townie: A Memoir and House of Sand and Fog reflects on his successes, failures and struggles with traditional and modern masculinity.
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The house of hidden meanings : a memoir
by RuPaul
From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.
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| Errand Into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham by Deborah JowittDance critic Deborah Jowitt spotlights trailblazing modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894-1991), who produced dozens of ballets during her prolific career and whose eponymous technique is still practiced today. Further reading: Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern by Neil Baldwin. |
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| What Have We Here? Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee WilliamsIconic Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams dishes on his life and eight-decade career in this candid memoir written "with the panache and suavity that characterize his screen presence" (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story by Anthony Daniels. |
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Focus on: Women's History Month
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Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
What it is: a lyrical expansion of musician Michelle Zauner's viral 2018 New Yorker essay of the same name.
What happened: After she lost her mother to cancer, biracial Korean American Zauner navigated her increasingly tenuous connection to her cultural heritage by revisiting the foods she and her mother both loved.
Featuring: mouthwatering descriptions of the author's favorite dishes, including kimchi and jatjuk.
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Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
by Suleika Jaouad
How it began: At 22, recent Princeton grad Suleika Jaouad was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
What happened next: Jaouad spent five years documenting her treatment for the New York Times; when her cancer went into remission, she embarked on a 100-day road trip to meet well-wishers.
Who it's for: Readers who appreciate candid accounts of illness and recovery will be inspired by Jaouad's hopeful, life-affirming debut.
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You Could Make This Place Beautiful
by Maggie Smith
What it's about: the dissolution of poet Maggie Smith's marriage, which she previously covered in her 2020 essay collection Keep Moving.
What sets it apart: Smith's intimate and lyrical latest frequently breaks the fourth wall, with passages addressed directly to her ex-husband, his new partner, and the readers themselves.
Further reading: This Story Will Change: A Memoir After the Happily Ever After by Elizabeth Crane.
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Finding Me
by Viola Davis
What it is: a candid and hopeful memoir from revered actress Viola Davis, a recent E.G.O.T. winner!
Topics include: Davis' impoverished childhood in Rhode Island spent coping with her alcoholic father's abuse; honing her craft at the prestigious Juilliard School; career triumphs and setbacks.
Try this next: For another memoir written by an iconic Black actress of stage and screen, check out Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson.
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The ugly cry : a memoir
by Danielle Henderson
Growing up Black, weird and overwhelmingly uncool in a mostly white neighborhood in New York where she lived with her grandparents, the author, with humor, wit and deep insight, shares the lessons she learned from her childhood, upending our conventional understanding of family.
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