These photos helped the author of ‘Heart Berries’ mine her memory
“Photographs informed parts of the book my memory could not retrieve,” said Terese Marie Mailhot.
How Terese Marie Mailhot stopped writing what other people wanted
"I found myself writing the book professors wanted me to write," said author Mailhot, before she decided to strip her "fiction for the truth." Leaving expectations behind, she wrote a memoir, "Heart Berries," because, she said, you have to deal…
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Author Sarah Broom on ‘The Yellow House’ and putting New Orleans East on the map
Sarah Broom’s 2019 memoir, “The Yellow House,” won the National Book Award for non-fiction. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Broom to discuss her mother and how an obsession with houses passed down two generations to the author herself, why Broom…
Anonymous official writing ‘unprecedented’ portrait of Trump’s presidency
The Trump administration official who wrote an anonymous essay about resistance from the inside has a book deal.
An interview and playlist to accompany the musician’s new memoir.
Pioneering hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest crossed musical genres, influenced other artists and delivered social commentary. Their unique sound and chemistry earned them decades of commercial and critical success. A memoir by poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib reveals…
Ani DiFranco began playing before audiences at just 9 years old, and 40 years later the musician continues to find ways to reinvent herself. Her new memoir, "No Walls and the Recurring Dream," recounts a life embedded in political activism,…
Want to understand the tech industry? "Brotopia" author Emily Chang shares her favorite picks.
Robert Caro is one of the nation’s preeminent biographers, known for meticulous research and taking his time with a subject. Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be published…
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