Autobiography

How I Happened to Write My Memoirs

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Autobiography, Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual, Memoirs, Vietnam War Memoirs, Academia, Civil Rights Movement Memoirs, Memoirs of an Activist, Lawrence Wittner, Historian Lawrence Wittner, Books News

My recently-published autobiography, Working for Peace and Justice: Memoirs of an Activist Intellectual, highlights the connection between intellectual and political activity.

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Stan Kenton & His Daughter Leslie's 'Love Affair'

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Stan Kenton, Pedophilia, Leslie Kenton, Incest, Autobiography, Sex, Child Sexual Abuse, Books News

"I don't know if I ever went to sleep or not. The next thing I knew his massive body was on top of mine. In a rough voice he started to repeat my name...

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Autobiography of Former Alcatraz Inmate Tells Interesting Story

Kate Kelly | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Prisoner Rehabilitation, Alcatraz, Prison, Autobiography, Ellis Island, Crime News

Fifty-two years ago Robert Luke, Prisoner #118AZ, left Alcatraz for his first taste of life on the outside after more than a decade of trouble with the law.

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Robbie Robertson On Working With Martin Scorsese

Rolling Stone | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Rolling Stone, Silence, The Last Waltz, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Autobiography, Martin Scorsese, Grammy Museum, Fifty News

Since they first teamed up on The Last Waltz 35 years ago, Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese have enjoyed a prolific working relataionship, collabo...

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America's Rorschach President?

Charles Kolb | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Politics, Fiscal Policy, Obama Reelection, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Obama Autobiography, Autobiography, Audacity of Hope, President Obama, Jimmy Carter, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, The Presidency, Obama Approval, Politics News

Reagan, Roosevelt, and Johnson were "conviction" presidents. They knew what they wanted to do as leaders. Barack Obama's rise to the presidency reflects an altogether different experience.

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From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Rachel Dratch, Paul Lynde, Hartman, Kristen Wiig, Rob Lowe, Random House Audio, Emilio Estevez, The Outsiders, Father of Our Country, Henry Holt, Matt Dillon, Reagan Arthur Books, Sheldon Leonard, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Leif Garrett, Francis Ford Coppola, Second City, Ralph Macchio, Dick Van Dyke, George Washington, Hachette Audio, Hammond, Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live, Crown Archetype, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Patrick Swayze, MacMillan Audio, Bossy Pants, Ron Chernow, Belushi, The Brat Pack, Autobiography, Books News

If your summer reading includes Ron Chernow's MASSIVE George Washington: A Life, you're going to need some relief, aren't you? Here are a few biographies that are sometimes edifying and a bit more, uhhh, recreational.

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Theodore Roosevelt on His Presidency: "In the End the Boldness of the Action Fully Justified Itself"

Carolyn Vega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Presidents, Memoir, The Morgan Library & Museum, Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Theoore Roosevelt Autobiography, New York News

Roosevelt's Autobiography, which begins with an account of his birth and boyhood, is peppered with detailed personal anecdotes and theoretical asides.

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Dancing Lessons: An Education On and Off the Dance Floor

Jim Moret | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Child Molestation, Dancing With the Stars, Inspiration, Cheryl Burke, Autobiography, Ballroom Dancing, Paparazzi, Abuse, Fitness, Memoir, Celebrities, Self-Help, Books News

What can a 26-year-old dancer teach us about life? It turns out, plenty, as is illustrated in two-time Dancing With the Stars champion Cheryl Burke's new autobiography.

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The Problem With Memoirs: A Moment Of Silence, Please, For The Lost Art Of Shutting Up

New York Times | NEIL GENZLINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Things That Need Doing, Memoirs, Twin, An Exclusive Love, Disaster Preparedness, Authors, Autobiography, Memoir, Books News

There was a time when you had to earn the right to draft a memoir, by accomplishing something noteworthy or having an extremely unusual experience or ...

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Shania Twain Autobiography In The Works For Spring 2011

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Autobiography, Shania Twain, Books, Shania Twain Autobiography, Shania Twain Book, Books News

NEW YORK — Shania Twain is ready to talk about her recent divorce – and she'll do it in her autobiography. Of course, Twain will discuss ...

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Bush and Memoirs

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, How to Do Biography, Martin Luther, Memoirs, Decision Points, Xenophon, Autobiography, George W. Bush, Presidential Memoir, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, American Caesars, Biography, Books News

Former President Bush has written his recollections and there have been conflicting accounts of what, exactly, they are. Let me try and clarify the distinctions between the various genres of autobiography.

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Bush's 14 Decision Points

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Former President Bush is this week selecting for retrospective public examination the fourteen major decisions of his life or presidency, beginning wi...

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Making Sense of the Memoir

Will Weaver | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Minnesota, Hunting, The Midwest, Autobiography, Fiction, Memoir, Travel, Reading, Editors, Family, Books News

Hunting has a brutal side. Crippled birds not found. Blood trails and gut piles. Shooting accidents (my family has had its tragedies). It soon became clear to me as I wrote: tell the truth or stay home.

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'51/50'

Kristen McGuiness | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Memoirs, Relationships, Autobiography, Books, Dating, 5150, Kristen McGuiness, Magical Adventures of a Single Life, Autobiorgaphies, 51/50, 51 Dates, Slidepollajax, Books News

So I decided I would give fate the middle finger, I would go on 51 dates in 50 weeks, and I would change my life. Welcome to "51/50: The Magical Adventures of a Single Life" (Soft Skull Press).

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Donald Rumsfeld's Memoir Coming In January

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Known and Unknown, Defense Secretary, George W Bush, Autobiography, Rumsfeld Autobiography, Donald Rumsfeld Memoir, Politcal Memoir, Bush Rumsfeld, Memoir, Donald Rumsfeld, Political Biography, Secretary of Defense, Iraq War Advocate, Iraq War, Books News

NEW YORK — The title and release date of Donald Rumsfeld's memoir are now known, or, as he might say, are now known knowns. The book is called ...

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Jimmy Page, Guitar Legend Chronicles Career In Autobiographic Photo Book

New York Times | BEN SISARIO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Led Zepplin, Photo Essay, Autobiography, Jimmy Page Autobiography, Memoir, Led Zepplin Book, Jimmy Page Book, Jimmy Page, Books News

On Sept. 27 Genesis Publications, a British company that specializes in lushly designed rock photo books, will publish "Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page," a 5...

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Sick Lit: Books About Maladies, Illness And Recovery

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maladies, Medical Books, John Bayley, John Diamond, Iris, Autobiography, Health, Irus Murdoch, Sick Lit, Memoir, Healing, Doctors, Cancer, Cancer Book, Alzheimer Book, Illness, Books News

Remember Sick Lit? Leader of the pack was Iris (1998), John Bayley's memoir of his wife Iris Murdoch's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Then there w...

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The 11 Worst Memoir Covers Ever (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Covers, Laura Bush Spoken From the Heart, Books, Autobiography, Slidepollajax, John Denver, Funny Book Covers, Memoir, Dennis Rodman, David Hasselhoff, Leonard Nimoy, Laura Bush, Books News

Earlier this year, we ruffled just a few feathers by asking if Laura Bush's autobiography cover was, "The scariest author photo ever?" Responders cam...

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Four Reasons a Publisher Will Want Your Memoir

Jennifer Havenner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Memoir, Publishing, Changes in Publishing Industry, Autobiography, Books, Publisher, Books News

You don't have to trash your memoir material in order to make it into a book, but before you send out that query to publishers, just consider whether your life would be better as fiction.

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Are Memoirists Vampires?

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Candia McWilliam, Memoirs, Vampires, The Guardian, Autobiography, Memoir, As Byatt, What to Look for in Winter, Guardian, Autobiographies, Books News

Memoirists are vampires and thieves, you might say: vampires and thieves with shards of ice in their hearts. However much McWilliam may want us to thi...

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7 Books Besides 'Eat Pray Love' About A Year In Somebody's Life

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Portrait of the Addict as a Young Man, A.j. Jacobs, Portrait of the Addict, Memoirs, Autobiography, Books, Slidepollajax, Nonfiction, Memoir, Book, Non-Fiction, Autobiographies, Books News

Elizabeth Gilbert got her book contract to write about a year in her life after leaving her husband, and it turned into megahit 'Eat Pray Love.' Gil...

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Tony Blair Calls George Bush's Iraq Plan 'Visionary'

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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The autobiography will praise the former U.S. president, with whom Mr Blair launched the controversial invasion of Iraq in 2003, as 'highly intelligen...

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Federal Judge's 'Inappropriate' And 'Disturbing' Book

The Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Gertner, Judge, Law, Lawyers, Judicial, Legal, Judges, Books, Shocking Book, Nancy Gertner Book, Autobiography, Memoir, Judge Book, Books News

US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner has a memoir coming out in April, and it bears a very unjudicial title: "In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unre...

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Kardashian Sisters Memoir: Will You Buy It Just For The Cover?

people.com | Eunice Oh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Kourtney Kardashian, Autobiography, Kardashian Book, The Kardashians, Kim Kardashian, Book, Reading, Kardashian Autobiography, Khloe Kardashian, Book Publishing, Books News

What's pink, gold and has lipstick kiss marks all over? The cover of the Kardashian sisters' upcoming book. ...

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ANDY WARHOL: 8 Surprising Insights from "The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol"

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Secrets, Leo Castelli, Art, Sex, Autobiography, Pop Art, Warhol, Book Reviews, Velvet Underground, Artists, Lou Reed, Arts News

In a new introduction to his 1971 book The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol, author John Wilcock writes that the tantalizing title led to "in...

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