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I Will Never See the World Again: The Memoir of an Imprisoned Writer
by Ahmet Altan
894.3583 ALT
Confined in a cell four meters long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan is one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places.
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Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir
by Common
177.7 COM
The Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe-winning musician, actor, and activist presents a follow-up to One Day It'll All Make Sense that explores how love and mindfulness can build communities and inspire positive empowerment.
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I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
by Malaka Gharib
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At once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid.
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Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir
by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
787.2092 HIN
An aspiring violinist leaves her Appalachia home to pursue a career in classical music in New York, only to discover that the ensemble she has joined only pretends to play over CD recordings.
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Me: Elton John
by Elton John
B JOHN
An official autobiography by the influential music artist, published to coincide with the release of Rocketman, includes coverage of John’s complicated upbringing in a London suburb, his celebrity collaborations, his struggles with addiction and the establishment of his AIDS Foundation.
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How We Fight For Our Lives: A Memoir
by Saeed Jones
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The co-host of BuzzFeed’s AM to DM, award-winning poet, and author of Prelude to Bruise documents his coming-of-age as a young, gay, black man in an American South at a crossroads of sex, race, and power.
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The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir
by EJ Koh
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Left behind when work requires her parents to return to Korea, a teen poet reconnects with family history to manage the impact of absent caregivers on her sense of self. By the award-winning author of A Lesser Love.
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From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
by Tembi Locke
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An actress and TEDx speaker describes how her professional chef husband's Sicilian family didn't initially approve of him marrying a black American woman and the three summers she spent with them after he succumbed to cancer.
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In the Dream House: A Memoir
by Carmen Maria Machado
B MACHADO
The award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties shares the story of her relationship with an abusive partner and how it was shaped by her religious upbringing, her sexual orientation, and inaccurate cultural beliefs about psychological trauma.
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Know My Name: A Memoir
by Chanel Miller
364.1532 MIL
Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting "Emily Doe" on Stanford's campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral, was translated globally, and read on the floor of Congress. It inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case. Now Miller reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words. She tells of her struggles with isolation and shame during the aftermath and the trial, reveals the oppression victims face in even the best-case scenarios, and illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators.
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I.M.: A Memoir
by Isaac Mizrahi
B MIZRAHI
A memoir by the multifaceted pop culture icon includes coverage of his experiences as a gay youth in a Syrian Jewish Orthodox family, his education at LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts, and the making of his documentary, Unzipped.
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Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
by Megan Phelps-Roper
286.5 PHE
The activist granddaughter of the founder of Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church describes her work as their Twitter spokeswoman and how her dialogues with critics challenged her to question and eventually denounce the church’s extreme views on homosexuality.
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
by Ruth Reichl
641.5092 REI
The six-time James Beard Award-winning journalist and best-selling author of My Kitchen Year chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and her work with legendary fellow epicureans to transform how America thinks about food.
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Scratched : A Memoir of Perfectionism
by Elizabeth Tallent
B TALLENT
The acclaimed author of Museum Pieces explores her ferocious need for perfection that caused a 22-year gap in writing after initially publishing five literary novels between the ages of 27 and 37.
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Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir
by Jeannie Vanasco
362.883 VAN
A part-memoir, part-true-crime account and testament to female friendship describes how the author navigated sexual trauma by contacting her former friend and rapist, who agreed to come forward and explore how biases shape sexual violence and its perceptions.
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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
by Damon Young
973.0496 YOU
The co-founder of VerySmartBrothas.com presents a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the direct impact of racism on his life, the shifting definition of black-male identity, and the ongoing realities of white supremacy.
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