A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir by Edie Windsor

The life of a same-sex marriage hero sparkles in this collaborative memoir

"...Life biased in its favor. Edie Windsor's posthumously published memoir, written in collaboration with editor and sometimes ghostwriter Joshua..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Memoir of War

WWII literary adaptation lacks the novel's spark and insight

"...Memoir of War is based on an autobiographical novel by..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Yes, Chef: A Memoir

Confessions of cosmopolitan chef Marcus Samuelsson

"...developed a taste for books about chefs – especially memoirs, and preferably ones of the tell-all variety. (Strange as..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

All the Wrong Men One Perfect Boy: A Memoir

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Aug. 13, 1999 Books Feature

Beaumonster: A Memoir by Jesse Dayton

The rockabilly rebel, outlaw country artist, session guitarist to the legends, and low-budget horror auteur looks back

"...friends should hardly be surprised that Beaumonster, his debut memoir, reads like one of his online rants – at..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

In her book, Natasha Trethewey is a daughter who returns to her mother's crime scene to reclaim herself

"...a story about it," writes Natasha Trethewey in her memoir Memorial Drive. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet uses metaphor to..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: My Life in Music

Stephen Stills wrote CSNY's best song about Judy Collins for more than love

"...If anyone has the right to write a memoir, it's Judy Collins. Unlike those Kardashians, Collins has lived..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

A Pinch of History, A Dash of Memoir

Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

"...travel books, I was enchanted with Frances Mayes' culinary memoir,Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy (ChronicleBooks, $15..."

June 11, 1999 Food Feature

Paris Without Her: A Memoir

In his latest book, the Austin author walks through the City of Light to find a new life after his wife's death

"...have top billing in the title of Gregory Curtis' memoir is meaningful not only because the City of Light..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – an Excerpt

In this chapter from her book, Erica C. Barnett describes the point when her life became a shrinking circle

"...admission comes early in Erica C. Barnett's Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, just after the author..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir

How the one-hit UK synth-pop entrepreneur transcended the Top 40

"...His long overdue and incredibly entertaining memoir, The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Dave Mustaine takes no pleasure in all debauchery

"...Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoirby Dave Mustaine, with Joe Layden It Books, 368 pp.,..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Inseparable – The Memoirs of an American and the Story of Chinese Punk Rock

Punk rock from Austin to Beijing

"...Inseparable – The Memoirs of an American and the Story of Chinese Punk..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

My Song

Harry Belafonte earned his arrogance

"...Harry Belafonte's extraordinary memoir opens with a chase scene. In the middle of..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Book of Drugs

Don't mention Soul Coughing to its frontman

"...was so rancid, Doughty stuck around. Even then, his memoir isn't about making music; it's about addiction and redemption...."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Aphrodite: a Memoir of the Senses

Feb. 12, 1999 Food Feature

Nonfiction and Memoir

Justin St. Germain, Stephen Harrigan, and more delight with these true tomes

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature

Yes, Chef: A Memoir

Aug. 3, 2012 Books Review by Kate Thornberry

Memoir Suite

Rock & roll books from Austin to Beijing

"...the meantime, here's a cache of rock & roll memoirs, poster books, and reportage to get your favorite Bad..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Backstage Past

Bill Graham wasn't the only promoter with a treasure chest of rock & roll anecdotes

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Tom Waits On Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters

Tom Waits – rumor, myth, or fact?

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Freak Out!: My Life With Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa's secretary made excellent use of her notepad

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

You Are Not Alone Michael: Through a Brother's Eyes

Baby brother Michael needs defending

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy

It took jail to get Prodigy to finally sit down and slang some hip-hop history

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

Punk, hip-hop, disco, salsa – all born in five short years in New York

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation

Essential collection of not-so-disposable DIY markers

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Gig Posters Volume 2

You'd tear posters out of a book? Starting here, maybe so.

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven & Hell With Black Sabbath' and 'Trust Me: I'm Dr. Ozzy: Advice From Rock's Ultimate Survivor'

Life advice from the Prince of Darkness and the Black Sabbath story told by the man behind the riffs

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Change in Perspective

Tom Grimes doesn't rewrite history in his memoir, Mentor – he just understands it a little better now

"...serenity –he has achieved with the publication of his memoir, Mentor (Tin House)...."

Aug. 27, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Susanna Kaysen Lays It on the Line

The Camera My Mother Gave Me, by Girl, Interrupted author Susanna Kaysen, is a memoir that has nothing to do with either the author's camera or her mother, Marion Winik writes. It is about her vagina. It is the chronicle of a mysterious and intractable medical problem she had with this little-discussed part of the body, and of the interesting experiences she endured in what I think of as Patient-World, the alternate reality inhabited by those of us who have something wrong with our bodies.

"...Gave Me (Knopf, $21) by Susanna Kaysen is a memoir that has nothing to do with either the author's..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature by Marion Winik

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