http://dir.salon.com/topics/memoirs/?source=rss&aim=memoirs en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Steve Almond Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/25/secret_diary_sarah_palins_ghostwriter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/10/25/secret_diary_sarah_palins_ghostwriter/index.html?source=rss A sexual fantasy about Keith Olbermann? Joe Biden nightmares? "Going Rogue" co-author Lynn Vincent tells all By Sady Doyle Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/22/abortion_addict/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/22/abortion_addict/index.html?source=rss The memoir of a woman who had 15 abortions might be gripping. But does her story really represent a larger trend? By Carlene Bauer Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/08/03/carlene_bauer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2009/08/03/carlene_bauer/index.html?source=rss Life in New York is notorious for sin and excess. But instead of going wild, I went Catholic By Stephanie Zacharek Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/20/frank_mccourt_obit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/07/20/frank_mccourt_obit/index.html?source=rss The acclaimed author of "Angela's Ashes" resisted sentimentality, lacing his unhappy memories with humor and joy By Salon staff Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/summer_reading/2009/06/09/memoirs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/summer_reading/2009/06/09/memoirs/index.html?source=rss Recommended memoirs for your beach book list, from an Italian idyll to a childhood spent trying to be black. By Amy Benfer Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/02/julie_myerson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/02/julie_myerson/index.html?source=rss The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause By Frieda Klotz Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/10/rachel_brownell_drinking_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/10/rachel_brownell_drinking_interview/index.html?source=rss Recovering alcoholic Rachael Brownell talks about cocktail play dates, sobriety and the tragedy of Diane Schuler By Amanda Fortini Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/03/confessional_writing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/03/confessional_writing/index.html?source=rss Does female confessional journalism really harm women? Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/06/05/books_marykarr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/06/05/books_marykarr/index.html?source=rss The author of "The Liars' Club" on what she'd like to find in her book bag. By Rebecca Traister Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/06/bad_parents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/06/bad_parents/index.html?source=rss Screw Gymboree and breast-feeding! New confessional memoirs by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Lewis join an ever-growing genre lashing out at our expectations for today's mommies and daddies. By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/31/family_memoirs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/03/31/family_memoirs/index.html?source=rss So you thought your parents were weird. Two remarkable memoirs about partner swapping, revolutionary politics and other unorthodox family tales. By Joy Press Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/03/13/russell_brand/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/03/13/russell_brand/index.html?source=rss The British actor, comedian and professional troublemaker talks about political comedy, dressing up as Osama bin Laden, and his new "Booky Wook." By Lev Raphael Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/07/fake_memoir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/01/07/fake_memoir/index.html?source=rss Herman Rosenblat's concentration-camp romance duped Oprah, among many others. Why are we so eager to put a happy ending on a tragedy? By Rebecca Traister Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/12/03/fisher/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/12/03/fisher/index.html?source=rss Help her, Obi-Wan! Carrie Fisher's memoir of her life as a "Star Wars" icon and poster child for rehab and mental illness will likely make you laugh -- and cry. By Laura Miller Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/07/suicide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/07/suicide/index.html?source=rss Two gripping memoirs explore the guilt and confusion left behind when a relative kills himself. By Kerry Lauerman Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/29/hatfield/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/29/hatfield/index.html?source=rss Juliana Hatfield talks about her latest -- and possibly finest -- record, her frank new memoir, and life after being a Gen X It Girl By Katharine Mieszkowski Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/09/24/stillborn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2008/09/24/stillborn/index.html?source=rss Novelist Elizabeth McCracken on losing her first son. By Alix Kates Shulman Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/09/17/alix_shulman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/09/17/alix_shulman/index.html?source=rss I gave up everything to take care of my spouse after he suffered a brain injury. But would I also lose myself? By Pasha Malla Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/27/phyllis_montana_leblanc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/27/phyllis_montana_leblanc/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/08/08/carr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/08/08/carr/index.html?source=rss The veteran newspaperman discusses his alternately horrifying and uplifting memoir about the journey from crackhead to crack New York Times reporter. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2008/08/08/video_carr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2008/08/08/video_carr/index.html?source=rss Andrew O'Hehir interviews the writer about his memoir, drug addiction and memory. By Jennifer Traig Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/06/21/jennifer_traig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/excerpt/2008/06/21/jennifer_traig/index.html?source=rss I've diagnosed myself with heart attacks, blood poisoning, meningitis and multiple sclerosis. Turns out, what I had was hypochondria. By Salon staff Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/09/summer_reads3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/06/09/summer_reads3/index.html?source=rss True confessions: From a trek through the American West to a life filled with music, these memoirs will whisk you away. By Rebecca Traister Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/29/gould/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/29/gould/index.html?source=rss The question isn't why a blogger like Emily Gould has the spotlight -- it's why other women don't. By Rebecca Traister Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/06/barbara_walters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/06/barbara_walters/index.html?source=rss In her new memoir, "Audition," the iconic television journalist plumbs the troubled childhood and love life of her ultimate subject -- herself.