Randall Lane’s memoir follows a life of profligate spending to losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a matter of years; The Zeroes is Lane’s personal, insider take on Wall Street’s collapse.

Memoirville recommends… an interview on Bookslut with Debra Monroe, author of a new memoir entitled On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain.
Monroe’s memoir is her story of motherhood, transracial adoption, unstable relationships, and life in rural Texas. This interview focuses on storytelling, genre, and the struggles of autobiographical writing. The author [...]

Jillian Lauren writes with illuminating prose about leaving her New York City life behind to join the harem of Brunei’s Prince Jefri.

With summer in full swing and the World Cup coming to a close it’s time to put together a hearty summer reading list, hit the beach, and jump in the water every 50 pages or so. Below is a roundup of memoirs recommended by SMITH for your summer enjoyment, almost all of which share a [...]

A memoir detailing one woman’s journey through the gamut of the dating world with one restriction: no sex for one year. The result is unlikely and honest insight into dating, romance, and love.

“I think my Dad has written about seventy eleven ‘anonymous’ positive reviews online by now. It’s possible that he is the only person on Earth who has actually purchased the audio book, just so that he can hear about himself as he reads about himself.”
It’s hard not to be jealous of Samantha Bee. As a [...]

Laura Fraser’s follow-up memoir to An Italian Affair approaches love and life from a tenuous perspective between her desire to continue traveling the world and that part of her that wants to settle down and stay put.

Memoirville recommends…A short essay by Olena Jennings on The Millions, Autographs and Pen Pals.
Jennings starts her lovely essay by recounting her attendance to poetry readings and book signings as a child, listening to authors such as Amy Tan and Jennifer Egan. She eventually finds a pen pal at a small reading with whom she writes [...]

A memoir about two men who share the same name yet possess vastly different fates. Both men grew up in tough neighborhoods, but one Wes Moore ends up a veteran and Rhodes Scholar, and the other faces life in prison.

Memoirville recommends…The Accidentalist–Michael Greenberg’s new column in Bookforum.
One of my simple pleasures is receiving Bookforum in the mail and, throughout the month, pulling the increasingly creased and torn magazine out of my bag, reading through the articles, one by one. I’m about half-way through the new issue, Utopia is Gay, and Michael Greenberg’s [...]