In 2021, I was cruising along with a project about memoirs that mention psychotherapy, when I was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer. I underwent surgery, radiation and chemo and remain on powerful ...

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From stories of addiction to immigration, to grief and transition, these are our favorite real-people memoirs published this year Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Life Of A Showgirl, isn’t just an album; it’s a confession booth, a spotlight, and a backstage tell-all rolled into one that stands alongside some incredible celebrity ...

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Bill Gates recommends spending your summer reading five of the best memoirs he's ever encountered. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder's Summer 2025 list of book recommendations is an eclectic ...

Margaret Atwood is best known for her dystopian novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” published in 1985 and adapted into an award-winning television series in 2017. Yet “The Handmaid’s Tale” is only her sixth ...

“Typically, when people hear the phrase ‘serial memoirist,'” I said to Harrison recently, “they think of Maya Angelou, who wrote eight memoirs, or Shirley MacLaine, who has written 11. How do you feel ...

Santa Barbara author John Holman will talk about his memoir “A Runaway Life” (the sequel to his “Pom’s Odyssey”) and sign copies of the book, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8 at Tecolote Bookstore, 1470 East ...

Three Opinion writers break down the former vice president’s book of excuses. By Michelle Cottle Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Produced by Vishakha Darbha Three Opinion writers weigh in on Kamala ...