#memoir

A reader set out to learn something new from memoirs read this year. Here's a list of each of those memoirs, along...

Don't know the difference between memoir and autobiography? Check out this handy breakdown of their similarities and differences.

Books helping one reader better understand illness and death.

Read personal perspectives on the diverse history of ballet through these diverse ballet memoirs by dancers from marginalized backgrounds.

Don't miss these 50 Must-Read Contemporary Memoirs by Writers of Color -- check out essential works from the last twenty years.

Coming out is an artistic act, and involves the same hopes and fears. We give away some control over our story to better understand its meaning.

Theater nerds, this one's for you. Find memoirs, how-tos, histories, fiction, and more in these must-read books about actors.

If you're looking to understand a fuller sweep of history and perspectives, start with this list of must-read classic memoirs by writers of color.

So, what is a memoir, exactly? Here's an exploration into the definition of the genre, its various forms, and examples.

What books did you acquire (inbox) and finish (outbox) this week?

A memoir from a husband about his wife in a psych ward landed in my lap to teach me all the things my partner and I had been discussing just weeks earlier.

Why celebrity memoirs about performed normalcy and quirkiness aren't enough for this reader.

Fiction and nonfiction from comic book writers worth checking out.

Memoirs from authors from marginalized groups.

On Maggie Nelson's Bluets and The Red Parts, works of genre-busting, unclassifiable non-fiction.