Saturday Night Live’s Laraine Newman Lived in Interesting Times
How much coke would a Conehead snort if a Conehead did snort coke? A lot says Laraine Newman in her memoir about her early days at Saturday Night Live.
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Puerto Rican American Memoir, ‘My Broken Language’ Speaks Multilingually
Quiara Alegría Hudes reckons with the dissonance of a multilingual narrative in her memoir, My Broken Language.
Talib Kweli Tells His Story along with a History of Hip-Hop and New York City
Talib Kweli’s memoir, Vibrate Higher, is an excellent documentation of hip-hop’s history, New York City in the ’80s and the life of this exceptionally talented man.
‘Louder Than Bombs’ Argues That Wherever Music Exists, War Exists
Music, correspondent Ed Vulliamy argues in his memoir, ‘Louder Than Bombs’, evokes the same emotions as war.
Vanessa Springora’s Memoir, ‘Consent’, Confronts Child Predators and Their Enablers
French writer and publisher Vanessa Springora brings childrens’ rights to the fore in her memoir, ‘Consent’.
‘Lost Maya Cities’ Digs into the Nitty-Gritty of Archaeology
Slovenian archeologist Ivan Sprajc's memoir, Lost Maya Cities, is a pleasant read but it could have dug deeper.
The Master’s Tools Won’t Dismantle the ‘Women’s Media’ House
As Gabrielle Korn addresses in her memoir, Everybody (Else) Is Perfect, much of so-called "women's media" is merely a cynical marketing strategy at the expense of a thoughtful discussion of cultural values.
Bowie Buddie Dana Gillespie Ain’t No Man
The London-based singer-songwriter Dana Gillespie, whose memoir is just out, tells PopMatters about her convivial, free-spirited youth, her adventures with Bowie, Dylan, and Princess Margaret, and the spiritual path that changed her life.
‘Odd Woman Out’ Is a Comedy Sketch-Like Memoir About What’s-Her-Name
We can never have too many Jewish Atheists from Brooklyn publishing essays about life as they see it. Actress Melanie Chartoff's 'Odd Woman Out' has me wanting more.
Truths Overlap in Jenny Erpenbeck’s Memoir of German Reunification, ‘Not a Novel’
Living under the repressive East German regime taught its citizens to distrust their government and read through the lines of its proclamations to glean the reality of a situation, Jenny Erpenbeck explains in Not a Novel.
Megan Rapinoe’s ‘One Life’ Is Pitch-Perfect
In Megan Rapinoe's memoir One Life, her training, hard work, and competitive spirit are coupled with an impassioned account of her political awakening.