memoir

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He described the experience in his 1974 memoir Carrying the Fire, saying he felt "truly alone" and "isolated from any known life", but that he did not feel fear or loneliness.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In his newly released memoir, Galaxy great Landon Donovan recounts his troubled relationship with his father and how he overcame crippling depression.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

People on the internet seem to be taking Lindy West’s memoir as millennial feminism’s final death knell.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

In this memoir, Suzannah Lessard explores her family history through the lens of architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Holmes’s cell was furnished with a bed, a stool, and a writing table, upon which he composed his memoir.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson