Memoir
2019's Featured Interviews
These 10 interviews capture the power and beauty of a one-on-one conversation with a favorite storyteller.
Robyn Crawford on Friendship and Love With Whitney Houston
After more than 30 years of silence, Robyn Crawford is speaking publicly about her lifelong relationship with Whitney Houston.
Lori Gottlieb's Engaging New Memoir Shows Therapy Is Really About Making Connections
Therapist and journalist Lori Gottlieb achieves a double delight with her entertaining and therapeutic memoir that takes you into the therapy room and allows us to see her as both the therapist and the patient.
Damon Young Takes A Stern Yet Funny Look At Masculinity and Black Life In His New Memoir
In ‘What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker’, cultural critic Damon Young uses his life to dig into the sometimes performative aspects of being a black man in America.
Winning audiobook of the year for "Heavy" surprised Kiese Laymon, but it meant even more to his mother
The author, whose emotionally compelling and nuanced narrative became the first memoir to win our annual title, talks about what it meant to voice his own story — both to him and the mother to whom he wrote it.
Tragedy and Comedy Collide in This Story That Will Change the Way You View Mental Illness
Adam Cayton-Holland shares what it was like to tell his late sister's story while writing a memoir about his own.
David Sedaris Doesn't Give a Damn if He Ever Reads a Book With His Eyes Again
We talked with the 'Calypso' author about his favorite audiobooks, his love of listening, and more.
TV Columnist Michael Ausiello Knew Recording His Heartbreaking Memoir 'Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies' Meant Not Sugarcoating A Single Thing
The TV news impresario opens up about celebrating the life and love of his husband Kit after his devastating death.
Home for the Holidays: 6 Books to Spark Conversations with Every Family Member
Because you can only binge-watch so much before your eyes glaze over.
10 Memoirs That Lifted Me Out Of Anxiety
In the midst of a three-month-long panic attack, I needed friends. Funny, wise, interesting friends who had been through some stuff. Here's where I found them.
A Dark Fixation: Psychopaths In Literature
A certain type of character has always inspired awe, revulsion, fear, and arousal. But as our understanding deepens, so does our appreciation for the well-written psychopath.
Escape From Our Echo Chambers Starts With Listening Greatness
Instead of seeing the people outside of our bubbles filtered through polarizing narratives, how can we learn to understand their perspectives and hear them — in their own voices?