Despite what the chubby owner of Vegas’ Moonlite Bunnyranch might tell those HBO cameras, violence is the world’s oldest profession. And if our war-mongering culture is any indication, business is booming. The real question is why? Why do we fight? What drives men to become warriors?
After studying environmental issues and oil painting at Harvard, Sam […]

By Rachel Kramer Bussel

I have to admit that I almost didn’t finish David Matthews’s memoir Ace of Spades, about his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1960’s and 70’s as the son of a Black Nationalist father and absent Jewish mother. On page 18, a young Matthews is forced to eat a much-hated […]

Usually, when posts are unsigned around here, the “I” in question is me, Rachel (Fershleiser, Memoirville editor). Well, Memoirville’s about to get a lot more confusing, as we welcome Rachel Kramer Bussel into the fold. A writer, editor, blogger, and reading series host, Kramer Bussel is also a Memoir Junkie, and she’ll be contributing author […]

A somewhat random sampling of memoirs worth checking out…

Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir
by Stephanie Klein
A big momma of the blogger book deals, Stephanie Klein just can’t be ignored. The beloved and be-loathed “bloggist†of Greek Tragedy puts it all out there yet again – the demise of her perfect marriage, the therapy sessions, the […]