Arts May 21 ‘Everyone has a story.’ Growing industry makes memoir-writing more accessible By Jeffrey Brown, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery, Kaisha Young
World Apr 14 Watch 8:16 NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly describes how she balances her career and family in new book Many parents wrestle with balancing the competing demands of their personal and professional lives. It’s a struggle NPR co-host Mary Louise Kelly recently discussed with Amna Nawaz, and it’s also the focus of Mary Louise’s deeply personal book, "It. Goes. By Amna Nawaz, Cybele Mayes-Osterman
Arts Jul 26 Former Vice President Mike Pence to release memoir in November The book will recount Pence's journey from his Indiana youth to the vice presidency, with stops in the House of Representatives and governor's mansion in between, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. By Associated Press
Politics Jun 22 Watch 7:45 Raphael Warnock recounts his rise to the U.S. Senate in a new memoir Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock gained national attention in January 2020 when he won a high-profile Senate runoff race. But before that, he was best known as a senior pastor at Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. He is running for reelection…
Arts Apr 26 Watch 3:34 A Columbia University professor’s Brief But Spectacular take on Black life and literature Columbia University professor Farah Jasmine Griffin was deeply troubled by the political turmoil happening across the U.S. during the 2016 presidential campaign. She began writing a literary memoir, "Read Until You Understand," which explores what democracy means for the lives…
Feb 17 Elliot Page’s memoir ‘Pageboy’ will be published in 2023 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Elliot Page is working on a memoir, in which he will write about everything from his Oscar-nominated film career to becoming a prominent transgender person. Continue reading
Sep 17 First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir, “A Promised Land,” is coming out Nov. 17 and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office. Continue reading
Feb 28 ‘Inheritance’ is our March book club pick By Courtney Vinopal After submitting her DNA for analysis to an ancestry website in 2016, Dani Shapiro received a piece of news that rocked her to the core: The man who had raised her, her now-deceased father, was not her biological kin. Continue reading
Feb 21 Marie Yovanovitch, former diplomat pushed out by Trump, will write a memoir By Hillel Italie, Associated Press According to the publisher, the book will trace her long career, from Mogadishu, Somalia, to Kyiv and “finally back to Washington, D.C. — where, to her dismay, she found a political system beset by many of the same challenges she… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 6:43 ‘Heart Berries’ author Terese Marie Mailhot answers your questions By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal Terese Marie Mailhot, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Heart Berries,” and Jeff announces the February book selection. Continue watching