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The cookbook author recounts the battles that made up her marriage.
By Pete Wells
November 24, 1999
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A historian exposes the unpredictably diverse feelings of ordinary soldiers, but fails to learn from their words.
By Annie Murphy Paul
November 15, 1999
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The war hero's chief of staff knows how to get inside his head.
By Jake Tapper
October 12, 1999
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Tory codgers slug it out in battle of the books.
By Craig Offman
October 5, 1999
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In his new memoir, "Out of Place," Edward Said brings his exile into
focus and finds a home between his past and his future.
By Chris Colin
October 4, 1999
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Looking into the reclusive life of his late brother, a novelist produces an anti-memoir.
By Dustin Beilke
September 17, 1999
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In her engaging memoir "Wake Up, I'm Fat!" Camryn Manheim of "The Practice" reveals how she learned to throw her weight around.
By Joyce Millman
May 17, 1999
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My mother was tidy and crisp, which is why Janine's vacant mother and messy house were just what I was looking for.
By Debra Fay Holton
February 23, 1999
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"Extra Life" recalls what growing up with computers once was like -- and complains about what it has become
By Andrew Leonard
November 4, 1998
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Julia Alvarez talks about moving to America, her relationship with her family and the rituals that keep her a focused writer.
By Dwight Garner
September 25, 1998
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"A Hope in the Unseen" tells the story of an inner-city black kid at Brown -- through the eyes of a white author who tries to channel him.
By Janet McDonald
August 24, 1998
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Salon Wanderlust presents the second installment in an exclusive excerpt from the unpublished memoir of writer Moritz Thomsen, about his life in Ecuador from 1965 to 1991.
By Moritz Thomsen
July 15, 1998
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Salon Wanderlust presents exclusive excerpts from the unpublished memoir of writer Moritz Thomsen, about his life in Ecuador from the 1965 to 1991.
By Moritz Thomsen
July 14, 1998
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The Salon Interview - Laura Miller interviews Martin Amis about his new book, "Night Train" and the disturbing memoir he's working on.
By Laura Miller
February 10, 1998
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Can you survive an insane mother with your own sanity intact? The latest in a spate of mad mom memoirs, Jacki Lyden's "Daughter of the Queen of Sheba" proves you can.
By Kate Moses
December 9, 1997
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A mother goes to
a laser tag arcade with her teenage sons and has an emotonal meltdown.
By Joyce Maynard
November 5, 1997
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Jill Nelson and Gwendolyn Parker are two sassy women writers refuse to play nice in their memoirs of life among the white -- and black -- elite.
By Jake Lamar
October 21, 1997
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An Apache woman's memoir recalls a brutal year in an Indian orphanage.
By Sharon Skolnick
October 15, 1997
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Gillian Slovo reflects on her relationship with her mother, Ruth First, one of South Africa's most prominent white anti-apartheid leaders.
By Gillian Slovo
June 30, 1997
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Salon magazine: An interview with Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club about memoirs, Texas, childhood, Kathryn Harrison, The Kiss, child abuse, writing, literature, autobiography. By Dwight Garner
By Dwight Garner
May 21, 1997
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An academic memoirist cashes in on the current mania for hard-luck tales from the professional class.
By Mark Lasswell
May 20, 1997
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Who are the "MSNBC Contributors," those cheerful junior pundits popping up every few minutes on the network's endless daytime show? And why won't they answer my e-mail?
By G. Beato
April 11, 1997
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When a panel of famous writers, including black-clad incest poster child Kathryn Harrison, gathered in New York to brood publicly over the rising tide of literary memoirs, the ensuing "debate" was about as exciting as smooching your sister.
By Dwight Garner
April 10, 1997
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Sure, we all love stories of degradation and vice, especially when the storyteller has a pretty face. But how many bad-girl memoirs do we need, anyway?
By Lily Burana
March 4, 1997
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Charles Taylor reviews James Ellroy's memoir "My Dark Places".
By Charles Taylor
November 4, 1996
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