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Biography and Memoir April 2024
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| Grief is For People by Sloane CrosleyNovelist and essayist Sloane Crosley's (Cult Classic) moving and darkly humorous latest chronicles how she navigated the grief of losing her best friend to suicide in 2019. Try this next: Planet Claire by Jeffrey Lyn Porter. |
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Carson McCullers : A Life by Mary V. DearbornThis new biography of the brilliant Southern author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is based on newly available letters and journals and traces how she captured the heart and longing of the outcast. Try this next: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne.
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| The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaulDrag queen and pop culture icon RuPaul dishes on his life and career in this candid and empowering follow-up to his 1995 memoir Lettin' It All Hang Out. Try this next: Over the Top : A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness. |
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| Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee SalisburyKatie Gee Salisbury's lively debut chronicles the life and career of trailblazing Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong, who rose to prominence during Hollywood's Golden Age. Further reading: Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang. |
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The Rebel's Clinic : The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon by Adam ShatzThis eye-opening new biography of the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era whose writings about race, revolution and the psychology of power continue to shape radical movements across the world offers a dramatic reconstruction of his extraordinary life. Try this next: The Matter of Black Lives : Writing From The New Yorker edited by Jelani Cobb and David Remnick.
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True Believer : Hubert Humphrey's Quest for a More Just America by James TraubA celebrated historian recounts the life and career of Hubert Humphrey, liberalism's most dedicated defender and its most public and tragic sacrifice, reveals a deep-dyed idealist willing to compromise and even fight ugly in pursuit of a better society. Try this next: Man of Tomorrow: The Relentless Life of Jerry Brown by Jim Newton.
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