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| One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El AkkadIn his frank and thought-provoking blend of history and memoir, award-winning novelist Omar El Akkad (American War) examines the West's apathy and inaction toward Israel's ongoing destruction of Gaza. Try this next: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. |
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The Harder I Fight the More I Love You
by Neko Case
The New Pornographers vocalist Neko Case's candid and compelling debut shares how she survived a childhood marked by poverty, abuse, and neglect to become a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. For fans of: Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams.
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Raising hare : a memoir
by Chloe Dalton
Through trial and error, the author learns to care for a rescued newborn hare—a leveret—that had been chased by a dog in the English countryside. Readers witnesses the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal.
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Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth)
by Markus Zusak
Bestselling novelist Markus Zusak (The Book Thief) turns to memoir in this funny and moving account of his family's adoption of three rowdy rescue dogs, poignantly sharing the lessons each pup taught them. For fans of: Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan.
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My Dyslexia
by Philip Schultz
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet recounts his difficult early years suffering from undiagnosed dyslexia when he was put in the“dummy class” at school. He may not have learned to read until age 11, but he went on to achieve success as a writer.
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| Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose by Nikki GiovanniRenowned poet Nikki Giovanni's final published collection before her 2024 death poignantly explores aging, grief, injustice, and resilience. Booklist calls it "timeless and profoundly resonant for both poetry aficionados and casual readers." Further reading: This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets edited by Kwame Alexander. |
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| Poet Warrior by Joy HarjoFormer United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's engaging follow-up to her 2012 memoir Crazy Brave explores her Muscogee upbringing with a poetry-loving mother, who encouraged the author's interest in words, and how she survived abuse from her father and stepfather to find communion with fellow Indigenous writers as a University of New Mexico student in the 1970s. Further reading: When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: An Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Harjo. |
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| Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha TretheweyYears after her mother's murder, Pulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway returned to the scene of the crime, where she found long-buried answers to questions lingering from childhood. Readers stirred by this lyrical and unflinching portrait of family violence will want to check out Blood by Allison Moorer. |
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| The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and... by David WaldstreicherNamed a New York Times Notable Book of 2023, historian David Waldstreicher's thought-provoking and richly detailed biography chronicles the trailblazing life and work of Phillis Wheatley, the first known enslaved poet. Further reading: African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song edited by Kevin Young. |
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Tropic of Squalor: Poems
by Mary Karr
The New York Times best-selling author of The Liar's Club and Lit presents a collection of bracing poems as primitive and raw and hilarious as her memoirs, urging readers to find an inner light in the most inexplicable hours of darkness.
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Our next Memoir Book Club Meeting
Thursday, May 8, 5:00pm
Library Meeting Room on Lower Level
If you're a regular memoir reader, consider joining our Memoir Book Club! The club usually meets on the second Thursday of the month at 5:00, but we do recommend confirming details on our events calendar in case of changes. Copies of our next book are on reserve at the Circulation Desk. We hope to see you there!
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