Post Tagged with:MEMOIR
When They Call You a Terrorist

MEMOIR

When They Call You a Terrorist

By PATRISSE KHAN-CULLORS and asha bandele

Reviewed by Rafia Zakaria ×

A memoir that illuminates the genesis of an activist movement that has transformed how America talks about race.
The B&N Podcast: Morgan Jerkins

AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE

The B&N Podcast: Morgan Jerkins

Posted by The Barnes and Noble Review ×

The author of "This Will Be My Undoing" on race, gender, and the struggle to be seen for who you are.
The B&N Podcast: Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

ACTIVISM

The B&N Podcast: Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele

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The co-authors of "When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir" join us to talk about how they set about to change the world.
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

AMERICAN HISTORY

The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

By DANIEL ELLSBERG

Reviewed by Barbara Spindel ×

The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers looks at the history of American plans for nuclear war -- and raises some deep concerns.
The B&N Podcast: Kelly Corrigan

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The B&N Podcast: Kelly Corrigan

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The author of "Tell Me More" joins us in the studio for a crash course in how to become a great listener, how to apologize correctly and more.
Keeping On Keeping On

MEMOIR

Keeping On Keeping On

By ALAN BENNETT

Reviewed by Anna Mundow ×

If you've wanted to follow the witty and whimsical author of "The Uncommon Reader" through the day, you're in luck.
The B&N Podcast: André Aciman and Amor Towles

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The B&N Podcast: André Aciman and Amor Towles

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Andre Aciman, author of "Call Me By Your Name" -- just adapted as a film -- and the novelist Amor Towles talk about memory, imagination, and the art of fiction.
The Wine Lover’s Daughter: A Memoir

MEMOIR

The Wine Lover’s Daughter: A Memoir

By ANNE FADIMAN

Reviewed by Heller McAlpin ×

The writer Ann Fadiman turns a memoir of her troubled relationship with her father into a meditation on memory, art, and the idiosyncrasy of taste. Review by Heller McAlpin.
The B&N Podcast: John Hodgman

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The B&N Podcast: John Hodgman

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John Hodgman talks about “Vactionland: True Stories from Painful Beaches,” the fear of going to the dump, the history of Maine and the surprising glory of adulthood.
Almost Anything Can Grow Lighter: Heather Harpham in Conversation with Bret Anthony Johnston

DISCOVER

Almost Anything Can Grow Lighter: Heather Harpham in Conversation with Bret Anthony Johnston

Posted by Miwa Messer ×

The author of the new memoir "Happiness" talks with Bret Anthony Johnston about her journey along a "crooked little road to semi-ever after."
Devotion

BEYOND CATEGORY

Devotion

By PATTI SMITH

Reviewed by David L. Ulin ×

The Godmother of Punk and the author of the National Book Award-winning "Just Kids" delivers a characteristically poetic take on inspiration. Review by David L. Ulin.
The B&N Podcast: Roxane Gay

B&N PODCAST

The B&N Podcast: Roxane Gay

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The celebrated memoirist, fiction writer and essayist talks with Miwa Messer about the road from "Bad Feminist" to "Hunger" -- and beyond....
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