In his debut memoir, Long Past Stopping, Oran Canfield, whose father authored the ubiquitous Chicken Soup for the Soul series, unpacks the numerous bizarre stories he collected along his road to recovery from drug addiction.

Philip Smith’s memoir Walking Through Walls just came out in paperback, so we checked in with him to find out how he feels about publishing his story and how people (and spirits) are reacting.

“I just feel that secrets and shame need to be abolished—forever.”
When an author’s first book is a memoir about childhood abuse, a teenage stint driving a hearse, messy adult relationships and, ultimately, revelations of incest, here’s one thing you don’t expect from the cover of her second: a photo of an adorable Golden Retriever puppy [...]

Novelist Hanan Al-Shaykh used her pen to give her mother a voice, and the result is The Locust and the Bird. We recently asked her a few questions about the book, her writing, and her life.

David Small’s graphic memoir, Stitches, is a beautifully rendered account of a horrifying childhood, drawn in shades of gray. He recently answered a few of Rebecca Touger’s questions.

“It’s a common misperception that for some reason we should be telling stories about other people instead of ourselves.”
Depression, as we all know, can be deadly. Writer’s block is lethal. Combine the two, toss in some ADD, and it’s a wonder that writer Stephen Elliott would ever get out of bed, let alone pick up [...]

“I know everything there is to know about fathers who root against their sons.”
On May 5, 2007, Floyd Mayweather meets Oscar De LaHoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight has been hyped for five months. Floyd will make more than twenty million dollars and De LaHoya will make more than thirty. De [...]

An interview with Amy Sohn on the thin line between fact and fiction, love and hate, and the (unsurprisingly) strong reaction to her new book, Prospect Park West.

A.J. Jacobs creates unusual circumstances and willingly throws himself into them. In his latest book, The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment, he talks about his experiences in a series of hilarious and thoughtful essays.

The following is an excerpt from The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs. Be sure to check out Chris Teja’s interview with him here.

240 Minutes of Fame
In my real life, I’ve had just the tiniest taste of what it’s like to be famous. Three instances come to mind:
1. The book [...]