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Biography and Memoir April 2025 |
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My Next Breath : A Memoir
by Jeremy Renner
The gripping and inspiring story of acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner's near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time.
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The Tell : A Memoir
by Amy Griffin
Documents the author's journey to uncover buried childhood trauma, exploring perfectionism, validation and self-discovery as she navigates psychedelic therapy, the judicial system and her Texas roots, ultimately revealing the transformative power of embracing radical truth.
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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, and the reader witnesses the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal.
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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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Saving Five : A Memoir of Hope
by Amanda Nguyen
This brave and imaginative memoir from a Nobel Peace Prize nominee details her healing journey and groundbreaking activism in the aftermath of her rape at Harvard.
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Focus on: National Poetry Month
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Remember Love : Words for Tender Times
by Cleo Wade
The beloved, bestselling author of Heart Talk charts a path away from exhaustion and endless crises and toward a place of renewal and radiant love with a soulful collection of original poetry and prose.
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The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
by Franny Choi
With poems that spin backwards and forwards in time, this collection reminds us that the apocalypse has already come in a myriad of ways for marginalized peoples, and calls forth the importance of imagining what will persist in the aftermaths.
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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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