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This week in memoir brought us the good, the bad, and some ugly news about our favorite genre. I don’t know about you, but after reading the tidbit I have listed first, you might have to go lie down. I did.

Oh no! He gave back his advance and canceled his memoir

Self-proclaimed “Lab Girl” talks memoir on public radio

A fine memoir being “reshaped” for a young audience. But what does that mean, exactly?

A clever little book takes on the breakdown of a marriage and the meaning of hotels all under one cover

Peabody award-winning host of NPR show has out a new memoir on listening

So many war memoirs, but this one distinguishes itself mightily

Vulture’s list of 8 Books to Read This April contains one breathtaking memoir

This answers the big question I get all the time on the legality of writing memoir

 

Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.