The Theft of Memory: Jonathan Kozol on His Father’s Fading Senses
Jonathan Kozol's The Theft of Memory tells the story of his dad's 16 year struggle with Alzheimer's, robbing him of his identity, reason, and life. (READ MORE)
Jonathan Kozol's The Theft of Memory tells the story of his dad's 16 year struggle with Alzheimer's, robbing him of his identity, reason, and life. (READ MORE)
Sara Novic, author of Girl at War, joins Biographile to discuss her research, the power of memory, and the Yugoslav wars.(READ MORE)
Whatever you associate with 'diary' Heidi Julavits's memoir The Folded Clock seeks to defy from the outset.(READ MORE)
Rowan Coleman, author of The Day We Met, reflects on her relationship with her mother, one interrupted by an illness nearly overlooked. (READ MORE)
YouTube sensations Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown are the authors of 'AsapSCIENCE: Answers to the World's Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors, and Unexplained Phenomena.' (READ MORE)
Louise DeSalvo, author of The Art of Slow Writing, reflects on the challenges of memoir writing, the pesky pitfalls and detours that accompany drudging up the past, and how the only way out is through the bittersweet action of letting go. (READ MORE)
Using the word "novel" to describe Jodorowski's Where the Bird Sings Best might be an oversimplification. He himself notes that the people and events in the book are real, but that "this reality is transformed and magnified until it achieves the status of myth." (READ MORE)
Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth, joins Biographile to divulge some of her "favorite" recent memoirs she's read, to be added to her long list of "favorite" memoirs. (READ MORE)
Cynthia Zarin, author of three books of poetry and several books for children, has written an excellent, sometimes dreamy “personal history” called "An Enlarged Heart." One of Zarin’s books for kids is called "What Do You See When You Shut Your Eyes?", and that could just as well be the title of...(READ MORE)