Wildflower: The Eternally Free Spirit of Drew Barrymore
Wildflower, Drew Barrymore's memoir, proves how we can grow into our better selves, without discarding the quirks of personality that make us who we are.(READ MORE)
Culture
Neil Gaiman’s ‘Fortunately, the Milk’ Coming to the Big Screen
In the news this week: Neil Gaiman's Fortunately, the Milk adaptation, Maureen O'Hara remembered, a Beckham documentary, and a Beatles anthology.(READ MORE)
More Grit Than Glamour in ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’
Carrie Brownstein’s memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, is welcome in its frank, dirty truth of band life, rarely as glamorous as it seems.(READ MORE)
The Withering of Time: 9 Author Quotes About the Afterlife
No two writers tackle death quite the same way. Herewith, 9 authors quotes about the afterlife guaranteed to soothe, amuse, or horrify you.(READ MORE)
A Surrealist Gets Real: 2017 David Lynch Memoir Announced
In the news this week are memoirs galore: A David Lynch memoir, a Phil Collin's autobiography, and a second Bobby Brown memoir are all in the works. Also, keep an eye out for Kate Winslet playing Lee Miller in The Lives of Lee Miller. (READ MORE)
Childhood Domestic Violence: With a Name Comes Control
My mom grew up facing a number of adversities in her childhood home. When I was young, she told me about them. But she left out one – Of all the challenges of her childhood, there was one that she c(READ MORE)
Holiday Horrors: A Punch-List of 10 Grievances by Jen Mann
Author and blogger Jen Mann relieves some holiday-related stress with some hilarious, self-deprecating over-sharing in this excerpt from her new book.(READ MORE)
The Telephone Owes Its Invention to the Power of Ambiguity
Jamie Holmes, author of Nonsense, discusses the breakthrough of the telephone, the concept of "functional fixedness," and the power of ambiguity.(READ MORE)
Hemingway’s Untold Love Story, Stan Lee’s Graphic Memoir, and More
In the news today, Margaret Thatcher's life story is two plus volumes, Stan Lee publishes a graphic memoir, a new book sheds some light on Hemingway, and the Samuel Johnson Book Prize shortlist is full of intrigue. (READ MORE)
Rules of Engagement: How a Secular Daughter Keeps Her Hasidic Parents Close
After a childhood spent feeling painfully different from everyone around me, it is a strange and somewhat uncomfortable experience to suddenly find myself part of a trending genre. My book, Here and T(READ MORE)