Nick Flynn’s newest book, The Ticking is the Bomb, emerged from his response to the leaked photos from Abu Ghraib in 2004. This second memoir is his attempt at illumination upon the cultural darkness that followed.

During his three months in 1976 Port Arthur, Texas, Michael Antman worked as door-to-door Bible salesman and administrative assistant to a pimp, among other bizarre experiences. One identity-shattering event left him rethinking that summer for thirty years.

Dr. Laurie Ann Levin wrote her new memoir God, the Universe, and Where I Fit In to share her personal experiences as a Hollywood talent agent–turned Doctor of Clinical Psychology and spiritual guide.

Valentino Achak Deng partnered with author Dave Eggers to create What is the What, his autobiography and the story of millions of Sudanese who experienced the atrocities of civil war.

Yagoda talks about his audacious chronicle of the memoir, one that spans thousands of memoirs and hundreds of years—and manna for anyone obsessed by personal storytelling.

The Year of Loving Dangerously is the story of what happened when as a 20-year-old Ted Rall narrowly avoided homelessness by spending the night with as many women as possible, all while trying to get his life back together.

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.