memoir

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Thayil’s memoir will absolutely encourage readers to listen again, or listen deeper, or even listen for the first time, and that’s really the highest praise you can give a rock and roll memoir.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

But in reproducing the fragmentary nature of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, which became a movie starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, the musical never acquires dramatic momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In her 2019 memoir, “Where the Light Enters,” Jill contrasts Joe’s capacity for forgiveness with her proclivity toward grudges, how she recalls “every slight committed against the people I love.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“Propeller One-Way Night Coach” is as earnest as they come, more candid than any memoir and more interesting than any biopic.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

“But once a decision has been made, he has an equal obligation to carry it out with all his energy and wisdom,” the president wrote in his memoir.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin