Memoir

Reviews

How True Does a Memoir Have to Be?

The New Yorker investigated Belle Burden's bestselling memoir Strangers and found that the author who described terror at losing her homes in divorce had a net worth of over ten million dollars. An uncomfortable question about the genre.

Authors

When the Author Behind the Walk Loses Someone: On Cheryl Strayed and the Weight of Grief

Cheryl Strayed announced the death of her husband, documentary filmmaker Brian Lindstrom. A reflection on loss, literature, and the light the people we love leave behind.

Reviews

Three Awards, No Acceptance Speech: Virginia Giuffre Wins Book of the Year

Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir Nobody's Girl swept the British Book Awards, winning Book of the Year, Nonfiction Narrative, and the Freedom to Publish Award. She died in April 2025, aged 41.

News

Lena Dunham’s Famesick and the Literature of Celebrity Regret

Lena Dunham’s memoir about the pathology of fame debuts at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list — a timely reckoning with what it costs to be known.