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The Animal-Cruelty Election
Helen Lewis
November 2, 2024
Books Briefing
The Least-Loved Type of Memoir
Emma Sarappo
October 25, 2024
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A Dissident Is Built Different
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Scent of a Man
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Melania Really Doesn’t Care
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When Victimhood Takes a Bad-Faith Turn
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A Memoir About Recovering From Men
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To Save the World, My Mother Abandoned Me
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Some Late-Breaking Adjustments to My New Autobiography
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Books Briefing
A Memoir Shouldn’t Boss You Around
Gal Beckerman
March 1, 2024
Ideas
Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Write a Memoir
Arthur C. Brooks
November 16, 2023
Book Recommendations
Six Memoirs That Go Beyond Memories
John Hendrickson
February 27, 2023
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She Never Meant to Write a Memoir
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January 15, 2023
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The Best Feeling Art Can Give
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December 10, 2022
Books
The Toll of Hiding One’s True Self
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October 4, 2022
Culture
Don’t Judge
I’m Glad My Mom Died
by Its Title
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August 19, 2022
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Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Writing the Real and the Surreal
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How to Write About the People in Your Life
Nicole Chung
April 13, 2022
Books
The Books Briefing: What Is a Political Memoir For?
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July 24, 2020
Culture
Diane Keaton’s Very Different Kind of Memoir
Hannah Giorgis
February 28, 2020
Books
Whistleblower
: When a Memoir Is Also an Indictment
Megan Garber
February 23, 2020
Books
The Chaotic Elegance of Flea
James Parker
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