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Never Make the Same Mistake Twice: Lessons On Love and Life Learned the Hard Way
By Nene Leakes with Denene MillnerSimon and SchusterAlthough I had never watched The Real Housewives of Atlanta, I was immediately drawn to Nene Leakes’ story even without knowing who she was. Once I opened this book, I did not put it down. Leakes'...
Louder Than Words: Marni
By Marni BatesHCI TeensLouder Than Words is a series aimed at teenagers about teenage experiences. Atypically, the volumes are also written by teenagers. It may seem bizarre to ask teenagers to write memoirs—as Marni says, her siblings laughed—bu...
The Delicacy and Strength of Lace
By Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright / Edited by Annie WrightGraywolf PressThe Delicacy and Strength of Lace is a rare and beautiful collection, illustrating the power of artful expression in a time when communication is, more often than not, abru...
Louder Than Words: Chelsey
By Chelsey ShannonHCI TeensChelsey is a thin volume dealing with a heavy topic: it's the first-person account of a teenager in Cincinnati, Ohio who loses her father to violence and her journey of grief, adjustment, and self-discovery over the ensuing...
The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoir
By Urmila PawarColumbia University PressAt the end of her memoir, The Weave of My Life, Urmila Pawar writes, “Life has taught me many things, showed me so much, it has also lashed out at me till I bled. I don’t know how much longer I am going to ...
Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language
By Katherine Russell RichHoughton Mifflin HarcourtKatherine Russell Rich never dreamed she would leave her job as a tough-skinned editor in the edgy world of New York City’s magazine publications. Then she was faced with two rounds of cancer—the ...
My Men
By Malika MokeddemTranslated by Laura Rice and Karim HamdyGrasset & FasquelleI must admit that I approached Malika Mokeddem’s memoir with trepidation. I found it hard to believe that I would enjoy a life story recounted only in terms of the men...
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia
By Stephanie Covington ArmstrongLawrence Hill BooksWhen I was growing up, I thought of bulimia and anorexia as "White girl problems." Through the media and interaction with peers, I had been given the impression that Black women did not experience bo...
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
By Helene CooperSimon and SchusterHelene Cooper’s memoir about growing up in Liberia and moving to the United States paints a portrait of a girl trapped between two cultures and countries worlds apart from one another. Cooper is the descendant of f...
Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City
Edited by Ariel GoreLit Star PressPortland Queer: Tales of the Rose City is a mixed collection of memoir and fiction short stories that center on the city of Portland, OR. All of the stories are written in first person narrative and beautifully displ...
