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News Articles: memoir

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  • Book Reviews

Welcome to 'Anxietyland' theme park, where the rides are no fun

From the Emotional Roller Coaster to the Worry-go-round, cartoonist Gemma Correll walks us through her brain's not-so-amusing amusement park in a darkly funny memoir.

April 29, 2026
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  • LA Johnson

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Her mother murdered her father in an infamous case. Now, she's telling her own story

Lucille Miller was convicted of killing her husband in 1965. Now her daughter Debra reflects on her own traumatic childhood and its lingering effects in The Most Wonderful Terrible Person.

March 24, 2026
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  • Ilana Masad

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  • Book Reviews

10 new books in March offer mental vacations

March is always a big one for books – this year is no different. We call out a handful of upcoming titles for readers to put on their radars — offering a good alternative to doomscrolling.

March 03, 2026
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  • Colin Dwyer
Dorothy Roberts (left) is the George A. Weiss university professor of law & sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her parents, Robert and Iris, married in the 1950s.

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A daughter reexamines her own family story in 'The Mixed Marriage Project'

Dorothy Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records.

February 11, 2026
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  • Tonya Mosley

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  • Book Reviews

'Dizzy' author recounts a decade of being marooned by chronic illness

Rachel Weaver worked for the Forest Service in Alaska where she scaled towering trees to study nature. But in 2006, she woke up and felt like she was being spun in a hurricane. Her memoir is Dizzy.

February 09, 2026
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Booker Prize-winning novelist Julian Barnes turns 80 on Monday and has been very busy. "I can't remember a period of months when there's been so much going on," he says. He's pictured above in London in 2017.

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Julian Barnes says he's enjoying himself, but that 'Departure(s)' is his last book

Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years.

January 15, 2026
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

Put these 12 eye-opening books on your 2026 reading list

Want to learn something new in the new year? Check out these deep-dive books from 2025 — nonfiction that will lead you to fresh discoveries about big tech, true crime and the ground beneath our feet.

January 06, 2026
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  • Ivy Buck
Cameron Crowe, left, speaks with Gregg Allman in 1973.

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Why Cameron Crowe wears 'uncool' as a badge of honor

Crowe was just 15 years old when he became a music journalist in 1973. He had to talk his mom into letting him go on the road with bands. He chronicles his adventures in his new memoir, The Uncool.

October 27, 2025
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

New books this week: War, murder, and Lionel Richie

This week's notable book releases promise a veritable potpourri of death — and a celebration of life from one of America's most ubiquitous singers.

September 30, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer
"We used to call each other ... 'my person,'" Gilbert (right) says of Elias.

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Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about sex, drugs and codependency in a new memoir

The Eat, Pray, Love author discusses her love affair with her best friend, which she says was life-changing but also marked by addiction and heartbreak. Gilbert's memoir is All the Way to the River.

September 22, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley

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  • Book Reviews

New books this week: investigating rehab, fighting wildfires, and a Slaughter thriller

Just published this week: A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.

August 12, 2025
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  • Colin Dwyer
Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program in New Orleans.

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Wrongly convicted, he became 'The Jailhouse Lawyer' — and helped free himself

While serving a life sentence for a murder he was eventually exonerated of committing, Calvin Duncan studied law and helped many wrongfully convicted prisoners. His memoir is The Jailhouse Lawyer.

July 14, 2025
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

By land and by sea, these new nonfiction books will carry you away

Helen Whybrow's memoir, The Salt Stones, is a closely-observed account of her life as a shepherd. In A Marriage at Sea, Sophie Elmhirst tells the true story of a couple adrift on a rubber raft.

July 14, 2025
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Book Reviews

Through comics, 'Essex County' creator shows us the struggles, triumphs of his career

Jeff Lemire explores his career arc, the road to successfully delivering Essex County and other comics to the public, in a new graphic memoir.

July 14, 2025
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  • Tahneer Oksman

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  • Book Reviews

Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year

A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. There's something for everyone on this nonfiction summer reading list.

June 25, 2025
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  • Meghan Collins Sullivan and
  • Beth Novey
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