memoir
Lessons Learned from Investigating Your Mother's Brutal Murder
Leah Carroll's mother was strangled to death by a mob-connected drug dealer, and her dad succumbed to alcoholism. Now she's telling their story.
What It Was Like to Be Joseph Kony's Bodyguard
An excerpt from When the Walking Defeats You, a book about a young man who became one the bodyguard to one of the 21st century's most notorious warlords before making his escape.
Hardcore Legend Harley Flanagan Regrets Nothing
The founding member of iconic NYC hardcore act the Cro-Mags talks about his new memoir, hanging out with Joe Strummer as a teenager and why his band will probably never reunite.
What It’s Like to Take Opioids for Pain
"First physical pain recedes, and then emotional pain. I was depressed, and now I am not."
What It Was Like to Be Stanley Kubrick's Assistant for Three Decades
In a new memoir, the director's longtime assistant sheds light on Kubrick's famously controlled sets and offers a unique portrait of one of the 20th century's most famous filmmakers.
This Drug Smuggler and 'Hippie Mafia' Leader Is a Weed Legalisation Movement Veteran
In the 1960s, Richard Stratton distributed thousands of pounds of weed and worked for 'High Times'. His memoir tells his story of straddling the criminal and literary worlds.
How to Turn a Newsletter About Sex Work into a Memoir About Love
Charlotte Shane moved from cam-girl work to in-person sex work, and uncovers the similarities between her former day job and personal writing.
How Computer Games Helped Me Recover from My Heroin Addiction
The author of 'White Out' and the new memoir 'Gamelife' on how his computer-game habit changed his life for the better.
What It's Like to Be a Blackout Drunk
Sarah Hepola, author of Blackout, on the paranoia, fun and pain of drinking so much your memory stops "recording".
We Ate a Shit-Ton of Hummus with Israeli Short-Story Writer Etgar Keret
Israel's greatest vegetarian short-story writer was in New York City—and he was hungry.
The Woman Who Woke Up in the Future
Naomi Jacobs went to bed a 32-year-old woman and woke up believing she was a teenager again. After temporarily losing 17 years of memories from a rare form of amnesia, Jacobs wrote a memoir about piecing her life back together.
My Reunion with Christiane F
Brad Elterman reconnects with the mysterious and reclusive Christiane F. for the first time since 1981.