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Book Review: “The Hero’s Body” — Let’s Get Physical

Giraldi was enticed by the fraternity of the gym as a way of filling out and firming up both his body and his sense of self.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Matt Hanson, memoir, The Hero's Body, William Giraldi

Book Review: “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” — A Mundane Stream of Consciousness

Amy Schumer’s quasi-memoir is composed of stuff that would be better off posted on Facebook.

By: Joseph Daley Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer, Joe Daley, memoir, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

Book Review: Australian Master Tim Winton — Writer Turned Ecowarrior

Tim Winton’s memoir about how deeply Australia’s landscape shaped him and his writing.

By: Jon Bishop Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Australia, Island Home, Jon Bishop, memoir, Tim Winton

Stage Review: In The Body of the World — Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Worlds

This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, cancer, Diane Paulus, Eve Ensler, In the Body of the World, memoir

Book Review: Marceline Loridan-Ivens’ Memoir of Surviving the Nazi Death Camps

In contrast to similar extermination-camp memoirs, But You Did Not Come Back focuses on the affliction of women.

By: John Taylor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: But You Did Not Come Back, Holocaust, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, memoir, Sandra Smith

Fuse Book Review: Living With the Spenders—Surviving an Odd Childhood

One must be impressed by memoirist Matthew Spender, who refuses to descend into resentment or anything resembling self-pity despite a very strange childhood.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: A House in St John’s Wood, In Search of My Parents, Matthew Spender, memoir, Stephen Spender

Book Review: “Your Band Sucks” — Plying the Murky Terrain of Indie Rock

Guitarist Jon Fine’s memoir is an intriguing blend of history, sociology, entertainment, and a healthy dose of after-hours pulp.

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Books, Featured, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Bitch Magnet, indie rock, Jon Fine, memoir, Your Band Sucks

Book Review: No “Odd Woman” Out — Vivian Gornick’s Richly Engaging Memoir

Author Vivian Gornick’s discontent is foundational, fertile, unquenchable, except by writing, and quite often funny.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: memoir, New York City, The Odd Woman and the City, Vivian Gornick

Book Review: Oliver Sacks’ “On The Move” — A Mix of the Distant and the Intimate

Oliver Sacks’ On the Move is an absorbing, idiosyncratic, often moving memoir.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Culture Vulture, memoir, Oliver Sacks, On the Move

Book Review: “A Brief Stop on the Road From Auschwitz” — Destined to Become a Classic

Göran Rosenberg has written a calm yet passionate account of events after Auschwitz, a memoir marked by great intelligence and equally great emotional intensity.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: A Brief Stop on the Road From Auschwitz, Göran Rosenberg, Holocaust, memoir, Other Press

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