Memoirs A PROMISED LAND BY BARACK OBAMA This memoir is the perfect gift for politics junkies or anyone in your life who misses our former president! It’s a thoughtful and beautifully written book, I really can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t like to receive this gorgeous book as a gift! I think it would be… Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide 2020: Part 1
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The Memoir Edit
Disclaimer: This is not meant to be any sort of authoritative list of the ten best memoirs ever, but rather an edit of ten memoirs that I feel embody the best of the genre. I wanted to capture the diversity of the memoir space, and thus I’ve included lighthearted celebrity memoirs, deeply moving activist memoirs,… Continue reading The Memoir Edit
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Purchase a copy for yourself here! In the Dream House is a memoir which seeks to end what its author calls the “archival silence” surrounding queer domestic abuse stories. Carmen Maria Machado weaves the tale of her own history with same-sex domestic abuse, specifically the abuse she suffered at the hands of ‘the woman from… Continue reading In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado