A good memoir can be consoling, inspiring, uplifting and a reminder of how persistent, courageous and downright amazing ...

James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where ...

Guy Delisle, Jeff Lemire, Kay Sohini, Joanna Rubin Dranger, Chris Thompson and more have compelling graphic novels based in ...

Did you know Gucci Mane wrote his memoir, “The Autobiography of Gucci Mane,” while in a maximum security prison? The American ...

Tales of Chinatown and Beyond," Peninsula author Ron Lee traces the history of his forebears in California, a story that goes back to the 1840s. The book began as a draft manuscript written by Lee's ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 639-649) and index From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death twenty-two years later, Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician, which put him in ...

In the second part of our expansive book review series, we present a wondrously queer selection of biography and memoir titles illuminating how members of our community have stood up and struggled ...

18th Century & Autobiography & Memoir July 2018 Issue Jason Pearl A Horse Performer Writes Memoirs on the Life and Travels of Thomas Hammond, 1748–1775 By George E Boulukos (ed) LR November 2016 Issue ...

We are saddened to hear of the death of Edmund White. We've lifted the paywall on Richard Davenport-Hines's 2014 review of White's Paris memoir. Richard Davenport-Hines - Scenes from a Literary Life ...