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Hope floats Hope floats
She was unforgettable in Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke." Now Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc explains what the storm took away -- and never could.
By Pasha Malla Aug 27, 2008
The devil and David Carr The devil and David Carr
The veteran newspaperman discusses his alternately horrifying and uplifting memoir about the journey from crackhead to crack New York Times reporter.
By Andrew O'Hehir Aug 8, 2008
David Carr on "The Night of the Gun" David Carr on "The Night of the Gun"
Andrew O'Hehir interviews the writer about his memoir, drug addiction and memory.
Aug 8, 2008
Sick in the head Sick in the head
I've diagnosed myself with heart attacks, blood poisoning, meningitis and multiple sclerosis. Turns out, what I had was hypochondria.
By Jennifer Traig Jun 21, 2008
Summer reads Summer reads
True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away.
By Salon staff Jun 9, 2008
Another pretty face of a generation Another pretty face of a generation
The question isn't why a blogger like Emily Gould has the spotlight -- it's why other women don't.
By Rebecca Traister May 29, 2008
Barbara Walters interviews Barbara Walters Barbara Walters interviews Barbara Walters
In her new memoir, "Audition," the iconic television journalist plumbs the troubled childhood and love life of her ultimate subject -- herself.
By Rebecca Traister May 6, 2008
Tangled up in Dylan Tangled up in Dylan
Suze Rotolo, the musician's first muse, has written an entertaining memoir about their love affair that is also a remarkable portrait of living and making art in the 1960s.
By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 26, 2008
To cut my breasts off, or not to cut my breasts off ... To cut my breasts off, or not to cut my breasts off ...
After testing positive for the "breast cancer gene," "Gilmore Girls" writer Jessica Queller made a radical choice -- a preventive double mastectomy.
By Corrie Pikul Apr 2, 2008
Attention, all you memoir fabulists! Attention, all you memoir fabulists!
In light of recent scandals, we will now require arrest records and stool samples from all autobiographers. And can someone fact-check the Gospels?
By Louis Bayard Mar 7, 2008
Die, Daddy, die! Die, Daddy, die!
After a lifetime of competing with his father, writer David Shields has had enough. But the aged patriarch remains "cussedly, maddeningly alive."
By Louis Bayard Mar 4, 2008
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Mar 1, 2008
How does a single father ever get laid? How does a single father ever get laid?
I have two kids to raise, a dating scene to navigate, and a rubber vagina in my drawer. Bachelorhood is off to a rough start.
By Trey Ellis Feb 7, 2008
Salon Book Awards 2007 Salon Book Awards 2007
From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year.
By Laura Miller Dec 12, 2007
Clapton is not God Clapton is not God
The legendary guitarist's autobiography is an exhausting, but ultimately moving, journey through a dazed life.
By Gary Kamiya Oct 31, 2007
Fair Plame Fair Plame
After years of enforced silence, Valerie Plame Wilson finally tells all -- except for the stuff the CIA blacked out.
By Rebecca Traister Oct 24, 2007
All the candidates' books All the candidates' books
The 2008 presidential contenders have written way too many books. A readers guide to 18 of them, the Good, the Bad and the Cosmic.
By Salon staff Oct 18, 2007
Arthur M. Schlesinger's playbill for the American century Arthur M. Schlesinger's playbill for the American century
His personal journals unveil the glory and corruption of postwar presidents with emotional truth and power. Alas, the age of the great historian is over.
By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 18, 2007
Salon's guide to Nobel winner Doris Lessing Salon's guide to Nobel winner Doris Lessing
Novelist, memoirist, activist, fantasist -- this entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes you on a guided tour of the celebrated writer's long literary career.
By Laura Morgan Green Oct 12, 2007
The feminist who made me blush The feminist who made me blush
Political columnist Katha Pollitt has been vilified for airing her romantic dirty laundry. What's wrong with serious women writers exposing their soft underbellies to the world?
By Rebecca Traister Sep 26, 2007
"Relative Stranger" "Relative Stranger"
A writer sifts through the wreckage of her schizophrenic sister's short life. Can she penetrate the helter-skelter chaos to understand what was going on in her mind?
By Emily Weinstein Aug 24, 2007
In meth we trust In meth we trust
Two riveting books look at methamphetamines past and present -- from miracle cure to today's drug scourge -- and why sleep-deprived, sex-obsessed America craves crank.
By Elizabeth Hand Aug 16, 2007
"A Russian Diary" "A Russian Diary"
A posthumous memoir from murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya gives readers a glimpse of the dark side of post-Soviet Russia.
By Alexander Nazaryan Jul 2, 2007
The lives of others The lives of others
Biographer Meryle Secrest shares her secrets: Don't fall in love with Stephen Sondheim, and watch out for Salvador Dali's hit men.
By Rachel Aviv Jun 27, 2007
Sad, but true, Hollywood story Sad, but true, Hollywood story
Rupert Everett's autobiography serves up plenty of Hollywood dish -- but even the the tastiest bits can't cover the bitterness of a fading career.
By Sean Kennedy Feb 1, 2007
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