Backtalker by Kimberlé Crenshaw review – the audacity of hope | Autobiography and memoir

Backtalker by Kimberlé Crenshaw review – the audacity of hope | Autobiography and memoir

Kimberlé Crenshaw’s memoir describes a life shadowed by Jim Crow segregation and racism, but lit up by hope. That the social conditions of her early life did not destroy her family, as... Read more »
Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand | Liza Minnelli

Buyers of Liza Minnelli memoir claim it was not signed by hand | Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli fans who bought signed copies of her memoir are seeking refunds because they believe her signature is fake. Copies of Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by the American 80-year-old... Read more »
Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects | Autobiography and memoir

Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects | Autobiography and memoir

At the end of last year, Netflix released Too Much – a sickly, indie-sleaze romcom about an American transplant who falls for a troubled British muso. It was created by Lena Dunham and... Read more »
Backtalker by Kimberlé Crenshaw review – the audacity of hope | Autobiography and memoir

On Memoir by Blake Morrison review – lessons in life writing from a master | Literary criticism

“I’ve had a life and I’ve also had a life as a life writer”: Blake Morrison opens his tour d’horizon of arguably literature’s most expanding and expansive genre with a flash of... Read more »
‘Enough of this me me me’: Blake Morrison on memoir in the age of oversharing | Biography books

‘Enough of this me me me’: Blake Morrison on memoir in the age of oversharing | Biography books

Every day I meet strangers who share intimate details with me. It’s called reading. In a newspaper piece a former sex addict recalls her need for BDSM (“when a sexual partner hurt... Read more »
JD Vance announces a new memoir about his conversion to Catholicism | Books

JD Vance announces a new memoir about his conversion to Catholicism | Books

US vice-president JD Vance has announced a new memoir centred on his conversion to Catholicism, adding to mounting speculation about a potential 2028 presidential run. The book, titled Communion: Finding My Way... Read more »
Enough Said by Alan Bennett review – a man for all seasons | Autobiography and memoir

Enough Said by Alan Bennett review – a man for all seasons | Autobiography and memoir

In the introduction to this new instalment of Alan Bennett’s diaries, which run from 2016 to 2024, the author worries about what to write: “I have said everything before. At 90 it’s... Read more »
‘Enough of this me me me’: Blake Morrison on memoir in the age of oversharing | Biography books

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli review – a heady brew of gossip, glamour and defiance | Autobiography and memoir

Liza Minnelli’s father, the film director Vincente Minnelli, used to joke that his daughter’s career in show business was preordained. She was certainly familiar with the dark side of the industry from... Read more »
Watching Watership Down on acid with Bez: Shaun Ryder releases new memoir 24 Hour Party Person | Books

Watching Watership Down on acid with Bez: Shaun Ryder releases new memoir 24 Hour Party Person | Books

Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman Shaun Ryder is publishing a new memoir and will personally sign every copy. “I’ve done more books now, I think, than Shakespeare, sort of,” said Ryder,... Read more »
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