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Relearning to Write: 'In Other Words' (In Altre Parole) by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Gerald Murnane vs. Bill Barich: Horse Racing and Memoirs
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Joanna Rakoff's Journey into JD Salinger's Enigmatic Legacy
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'Bury Me in My Jersey' by Tom McAllister Is Certainly Not 'A Fan's Notes'
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A Brutal and Hilarious Memoir of the Borderlands: 'The Boy Kings of Texas' by Domingo Martinez
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Reviewing Alexander Wolff's 'Endpapers': A Family Story of Books and War
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Riches, Revolution, and Resilience: 'Days in the Caucasus' by Banine
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From Kobe to Marquez Arbery: Reflecting on the Year's Top Sports Writing
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Ballet vs. Baseball: Memoirs of Sacrifice and Resilience
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Bull Running Fever: Bill Hillmann's Epic Quest in 'The Pueblos'
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From Leningrad to Littleneck: 'Little Failure' by Gary Shteyngart | Book Review
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'Blind Man's Bluff' Revealed: A Brutally Honest Review
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Memoir and Journalism Clash: Balukjian's THE WAX PACK vs. Jaccarino's THE LAST GREAT NEWSPAPER WAR
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The Memoir that Wasn't: Deconstructing 'Street Shadows' by Jerald Walker
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When Baseball was King: The Legacy of 'The Boys of Summer' and 'Cardboard Gods'
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Jan Morris' Transgender Tale: 'Conundrum' - A Book Review
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The Triumph of the Writer's Mind: Ahmet Altan's Prison Memoir
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John Edgar Wideman on Fraternal Love and Penal Injustice | 'Brothers and Keepers' Book Review
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'A Walker in the City': Discovering Alfred Kazin's Brooklyn
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A Tale of Triumph or Tall Tales? 'Winterdance' by Gary Paulsen, a Book Review
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'Lowlife' by Charles Farrell, a Future Cult Classic - Review and Insights
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A Baseball Prodigy's Harrowing Fall: 'A False Spring' Book Review
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Maugham's Magnum Opus: 'The Summing Up' Book Review
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Manhood, Boxing, and Appalachia: A Review of '12 Rounds in Lo's Gym'
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Exploring Eudora Welty's Literary World: A Journey Through Narrative
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Duende and Magic Realism in 'The Factory of Light' by Michael Jacobs
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Turning Ruins into Romance: 'Tales of the Alhambra' by Washington Irving
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Spear Fishing and Cultural Immersion: Eric Freeze's Expat Adventure
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Remembering Martin Amis and The Literature of an Era
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Charlie Geer's Comic Talent: Discovering Language Through Laughter
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The Prophetic Wisdom of 'Hunger of Memory' by Richard Rodriguez
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Passion vs. Disapproval: Exploring 'Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing," by Donald McRae
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J.R. Moehringer Reflects on Memoir, Ghostwriting, and Literary Art
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Hidden Eroticism in My Ántonia, a Memoir in Disguise
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A Surprising Connection: Dean Bartoli Smith & the Basketball Books of Duke University Press
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Rich Cohen's 'Lake Effect': The Impact of Youth, Friendship, and Growing Up
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A Literary Adventure in Spain: Gerald Brenan's 'South from Granada'
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Literary Gems or Rough Drafts? Self-Published Memoirs Under the Spotlight
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Norm Macdonald's HILARIOUS hijinks: A Review of "Based on a True Story"
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John Fante: The American Dostoevsky? Unraveling the Madness of ‘Ask the Dust’
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Caring for a Brother with Down Syndrome: “Brother.Do.You.Love.Me,” a Book Review
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NYC Stories of Classic Grit and Millennial Realism (Down These Mean Streets and The Birthparents)
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FIVE MEMOIRS THAT SHOULD BE CLASSICS
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Stylistic Brilliance: Jack Gilbert's Poetry and Brad Listi's Prose
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Age-Gap Romance in 'The Lover' by Marguerite Duras and 'Thirst for Salt' by Madelaine Lucas
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Heresy Press: A Revolution in Literary Publishing
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Bearing the Standard for Literary Freedom
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Borscht Belt Magic Realism
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Nonconformist Financial Fiction
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Gonzo Autofiction from Alan Fishbone
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How Not to Write Memoir: Splinters by Leslie Jamison
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Hack work or Literature?
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An Extended Exercise in Navel-Gazing
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A Recipe for Worldly Failure?
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Life on the Literary Margins: The Other Jack, by Charles Boyle
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The Literary Life of Charles Boyle (The Other Jack)
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JD Vance vs. Barack Obama, a Literary Comparison
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