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Memoirs

A collage of book covers about major filmmakers, including works on Satyajit Ray, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Agnès Varda, Akira Kurosawa and Carl Theodor Dreyer.

The Accidents and Instincts That Brought Six Golden Lion Winners Fame

These filmmaker biographies and memoirs span decades and continents, but return repeatedly to the same question: how does personal history shape what ends up on the screen?
By Henry Roberts
A collage of book covers about dynasties, wealth and succession includes Marella Agnelli: The Last Swan, Empire of Pain, I’ll Take the Fire, Medici Money, The House of Gucci and Jackie as Editor.

Nine Dynastic Sagas That Consider the Architecture of Inherited Power

Spanning Renaissance Florence, Jackie Onassis's Manhattan and 1990s Morocco, these titles trace what happens when wealth and legacy become inseparable.
By Iman Sultan
A collage of book covers includes The Gods of New York, The God of the Woods, Orange World and Other Stories, The Bee Sting, The Girls, The Motherload and String Theory, arranged at overlapping angles.

Author Amy Chozick’s Favorite Character-Driven Reads

The former New York Times reporter's eclectic list spans everything from David Foster Wallace's tennis essays and Miranda July's viral midlife romp to murder mysteries set in luxurious locales.
By Amy Chozick
A collage of a women in a hoodie and a book cover

Margo Steines Thinks Violence Makes Us Human, But That Doesn’t Have to Be a Bad Thing

By Casey Epstein-Gross
Film Independent At The Wallis Presents An Evening With...Sir Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart On Shakespeare, Ian McKellen’s Terrible Career Advice and Trying Not To Kill Paul McCartney

By Olivia-Anne Cleary

Aparna Nancherla Is at War with Her Brain

By Naomi Elias
A collage of a woman's headshot and a book cover

Kristi Coulter Unpacks Hustle Culture and Her Own Ambition in ‘Exit Interview’

By Noah Berlatsky

Myriam Gurba Skins The Myths Of California In Her New Collection ‘Creep’

By Elizabeth Hall
A collage of a book cover and a photograph of a woman

Beth Nguyen On the Divisions She’ll Never Bridge

By Cat Woods

‘Pageboy’ Review: Elliot Page Reclaims His Identity In Inspiring, Unscripted Memoir

By Nathan Smith
A composite image a smiling man and the cover of the book 'Leg'

Greg Marshall Embraces Fiction to Find His Truth in ‘Leg’

By Costa Beavin Pappas
A woman rendered in grayscale wearing a gown with roses for straps sits - a teal hand-drawn flower superimposed over her eye.

Aurora James Is Breaking the Fairytale Founder Memoir Mold

By Cat Woods

Pamela Anderson Bares All About Sex, Lies, and That Video Tape 

By Nathan Smith
Copies of Prince Harry's memoir 'Spare' displayed at a bookstore.

Prince Harry’s Memoir Breaks Sales and Library Waitlist Records

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Mary Rodgers, Jesse Green and the Making of a No-Holds-Barred Memoir

By Harry Haun

Spring Preview: Best Memoirs to Ring in the Spring

By Lauren LeBlanc

John Hockney’s ‘Never Worry What The Neighbours Think’ Is a Tribute to His Family

By Cat Woods

Books for Those Grieving and Processing Mortality in 2021

By Lauren LeBlanc

Prince Harry Spoke Privately With the Royals About His Upcoming Memoir

By Morgan Halberg

Prince Harry Is Writing an Intimate Memoir About Royal Life

By Morgan Halberg

Don’t Expect Obama’s New Memoir, ‘A Promised Land,’ to Resemble ‘Dreams From My Father’

By Noah Berlatsky

Did Obama Use a Ghostwriter to Finish His New Memoir, ‘A Promised Land’?

By Helen Holmes

Jenny Erpenbeck’s Unconventional Memoir Stresses Focussing on Others

By Lauren LeBlanc

Pablo Escobar’s Son, an Artist, Has Just Released a New Memoir

By Helen Holmes
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