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The Extraordinary Life of Barbara Chase-Riboud
The pathbreaking artist recounts milestones in her life through letters she wrote to her mother.
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A Youthful Documentary Memoir Both Enthralls and Frustrates
For both good and bad, first-time filmmaker Rebeca Huntt is “the lens, the subject, the authority” of Beba.
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Diane di Prima’s Autobiographical Work Never Received the Same Attention as Her Poetry
After her closest friend leapt to his death, the poet recorded her memories of him every day for a year.
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Ai Weiwei Plumbs His Chaotic Childhood in New Memoir
Ai Weiwei’s childhood recollections are vividly violent.
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A Former Cam Model Reveals How Desire Can Be Both Liberating and Confining
In her new memoir Camgirl, screenwriter Isa Mazzei joins the long tradition of women who use the personal to explore and deconstruct sex and culture.
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Chantal Akerman's Painful Final Memoir
Almost four years after her death, My Mother Laughs, the last book by the pioneering director, has been translated into English.
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A Tale of Two Memoirs
Immigration accounts by Ayelet Tsabari and Sophia Shalmiyev question how self-identity is understood.
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"Japan's View of Pussy Is Really Weird": Vagina Kayak Artist Releases Manga Memoir
For the past two years, we've been following the strange saga of criminalized Japanese "vagina artist" Megumi Igarishi.
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An Autobiography in Notes and Edits
Poet, pianist, and visual artist Anne-Marie Levine’s collected memoir, Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter: The Complete Works Volumes 1–12 (Project Projects), takes the form of a collaged scrapbook.
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Inside David Wojnarowicz's Comic Book
Many people know that David Wojnarowicz was an excellent artist, but fewer probably know that he was also an excellent writer. 7 Miles a Second, originally put out by DC Comics in 1996 and recently republished by Fantagraphics Books, is a memoir comprised of personal stories mixed with dreams, hallu