The way The New York Review of Books sees it, some are born to be warriors, or so it is written in a recent essay on a warrior memoir. What do you think? And does the same apply to other professions and lifestyles? Are we born to what we do? If so, think of your memoir writing as your birthright and, after you read through this list of the week’s best memoir news, get back to typing.
A New York Review of Books’ recent essay on those born to be warriors.
Another rocker memoir? Really? Let’s see how he holds up against Keith Richards and Patti Smith.
A funny – the funniest? – book about alcoholism? So says Paste.
A master of food writing on food writing and the memoir she is working on.
Love celebrity memoir? Here’s a guide to the old, new and upcoming memoirs of the famous.
The marvelous photo of the Indian officers comes to us from the British Library’s Flickr stream.