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Memoir

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Host

Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces

June 6, 2018

An artful and enchanting collection of essays on what it means to be a father.

Knox

Educated: A Memoir

March 28, 2018

An almost unbelievable memoir about balancing the intimacy of family and the ambition of knowledge and becoming your own person.

Knox

Heating and Cooling

November 1, 2017

If I were to ever write a book, it would be a micro-memoir just like this and I would pray it was 5% as good…

Jamie

You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

August 23, 2017

I thought this one would break my heart and it did, on occasion do just that. But it also made me want to tell the…

Jamie

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life

June 21, 2017

Samantha Kirby is one of the best writer of comical essays. She will make you laugh out loud chapter after chapter.

Jamie

Just Mercy

November 2, 2016

My entire understanding of the justice system shifted in so many ways with this one. Bryan is a season pass for me - in his…

Jamie

Why Not Me

August 3, 2015

Mindy was born to write. Her memoirs are the ideal balance of tea spilling and inspiration.

Jamie

Into Thin Air

August 3, 2015

Jon is my OG journalist in long form favorite. This tale of Mt. Everest is gripping and heartbreaking.

Jamie