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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: 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 ...: 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!: 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!: 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: 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?: 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: 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: The legendary guitarist's autobiography is an exhausting, but ultimately moving, journey through a dazed life.; By Gary Kamiya Oct 31, 2007
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: 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: 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: 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: 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": 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: 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 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: 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: 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
Too much Gore: Vidal's second memoir merely retells the stories we already know from his enormous -- and potentially irrelevant -- body of work.; By Allen Barra Jan 3, 2007
Finding "The Lost": Salon Book Award winner Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his search for missing relatives, the "overfamiliarity" of the Holocaust, and why we should listen to our elders.; By Andrew O'Hehir Dec 14, 2006
Life goes on: In a heroic memoir, Donald Antrim explores his relationship with his late mother -- a troubled alcoholic he couldn't live with, or without.; By Ian Chang Aug 15, 2006
What's so damn great about aging?: Crackling good writer and "Sleepless in Seattle" director Nora Ephron gets serious about sagging necks and wrinkles, transforming her family life into fiction, and why her movies aren't as stupid or schmaltzy as people say.; By Rebecca Traister Aug 8, 2006
"Fun Home": Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, of "Dykes to Watch Out For" fame, has created a heart-stopping graphic memoir revealing her family secrets.; By Douglas Wolk Jun 5, 2006
Pooper scooper: I wrote a memoir about life with the world's worst dog. But before my masterpiece hit the shelves, a pooch named Marley stole my thunder.; By Lee Harrington May 2, 2006

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