On Fantasy Beyond Facts and The Uses of Enchantment
In Bruno Bettelheim’s endlessly fascinating The Uses of Enchantment, he reminds reader to look beyond reality.(READ MORE)
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Cheryl Strayed
A New Year, a New View: Starter Books to a Blissful Year Ahead
Goodbye 2013. Hello change. If "write a hugely successful memoir, sell the rights to Hollywood, quit my job, and watch Julia Roberts/Diane Lane/Reese Witherspoon portray me on the big screen" is at the top of your resolutions for the coming year, consider starting your research here.(READ MORE)
Goodbye to All That: Leaving Behind the Gritty, Sublime Trenches of New York City
The new anthology Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York, edited by Sari Botton, upholds the elegiac tradition of works by Robert Graves and Joan Didion. (READ MORE)
Natalie Portman Makes Directorial Debut, Witherspoon Preps for ‘Wild,’ and More
Ray Davies, storyteller and singer for seventies rock band The Kinks, will publish his memoir; A Tale of Love and Darkness, the memoir of Israeli novelist Amos Oz, will become a movie -- helmed by actor Natalie Portman; Actor Ben Foster is in early negotiations to play Lance Armstrong in a new film about...(READ MORE)
The Literary Companion for Kristen Wiig’s Imogene in Girl Most Likely
In the movie Girl Most Likely, Imogene (Kristen Wiig) takes the wacky-flavored lemons of her life’s turn of events and learns to make wacky-flavored, but sweet and delicious, lemonade. In real life, women have had to overcome even worse life circumstances, and managed to overcome them with a mixture...(READ MORE)
10 Iconic Moments in Memoir, From Bill Clinton to Jeannette Walls
Some writers of memoir convey images so powerful they stay burned in our memories like scenes from classic cinema. What pivotal memory from your own life might serve as the backbone for your story? These excerpts from ten of our favorites might inspire you to create your own everlasting visual in words.(READ MORE)
Biographile’s 2012 Staff Favorites: Biography and Memoir
Here's to a year of masterful and enduring stories. (READ MORE)
From the Pacific Crest to Fatwa: The Best Memoirs of 2012
Following up our roundup of the biographies that made the strongest showings in the year-end lists, here are the autobiographies and memoirs that most impressed critics (and us) in 2012.(READ MORE)
Q&A with Robin Desser, the Editor Behind Cheryl Strayed’s Bestselling “Wild”
It's not often that we get to have a wide-ranging conversation with the acquiring editor behind a book as unforgettable as Cheryl Strayed's bestselling "Wild," so we were on the edge of our seats as Knopf senior vice president Robin Desser opened up about finding the partial manuscript, knowing immediately...(READ MORE)
Biographile on Jezebel: 10 Life Lessons from 10 Incredible Women
We're excited to partner with Jezebel -- Gawker's smart and always opinionated site covering gossip, culture, fashion, and sex for contemporary women -- in presenting ten life lessons from a selection of our favorite memoirs. Check out the gallery for profound, hilarious, practical, and reassuring...(READ MORE)
