Noted Fabulist James Frey Sells YA Book Series to HarperCollins
Discredited memoir author and former Gawker intern James Frey has just signed a mega deal with publisher HarperCollins to produce a young-adult book series.
Justin Timberlake and the Whoever of Whatever
(This piece originally appeared on Nautilus.) About six years ago, I was putting a new roof on a 200-year-old house on an island in Maine when I got a call from Justin Timberlake’s cousin and assistant, a girl named Melissa. I put down my nail gun, told my boss I was taking five, and answered.
Dear New York Post: I'm a Teacher, Not a Hooker
After teaching an all-day open house memoir-writing workshop last Sunday, one of my students came up to me and identified herself as being a reporter from the New York Post. Apparently they are planning to write another story about me. Considering the last article they wrote was entitled "Idiot prosti-teacher didn't…
Amanda Knox And Her Ex Both Have Literary Agents Now
Those of you who were waiting with bated breath for Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito to pen dueling memoirs will rejoice at the news that both have acquired literary agents. According to TMZ, Knox has signed with Robert Barnett, who has also represented a bipartisan slate of political memoirists…
Secrets From 'Black Flower' Robot-Saint Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has written a book. Unfortunately, much of that book tries to justify all that lying the Bush administration did to get us into Iraq. Fortunately, she spends some of the book indulging the public's desire to learn about how everyone in the Bush White House was behind closed…
Jewish Girl's Memoir Describes Outwitting Nazis
Next year the British publisher of Anne Frank's diary will release a diary by Helga Weiss, one of the few children from the Czech ghetto of Terezin who survived Auschwitz. Weiss, who grew up to be an internationally known artist, was confronted by Josef Mengele in the camps, but managed to save herself and her mother…
Charlie Sheen's Bulletproof Bachelor Fortress
Considering that the lion's share of her memoir, The Real Girl Next Door, is about her life with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards really could've raked his ass over the coals for what he put her through. But unfortunately for us—and her publisher—she chose to take the high road, never divulging the details of…
Some Topics We Hope Anna Wintour's Forthcoming Memoir Will Explore
1. That week in 1975 she "disappeared" with Bob Marley.
You Will Be Denied The Pleasure Of Julian Assange's Poetry
Julian Assange said he hoped his memoirs "would become one of the unifying documents of our generation." That'll have to wait: The book's been postponed until further notice, because Assange is afraid of the contents being used against him legally.
Jesse James To Pen Long-Awaited Memoir
If you're in the market for a truly inspiring memoir this year, you're in luck — Jesse James reportedly has a deal with Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The book will apparently come out later this year, so you only have a few months to wait for James's wisdom.
A Client's Plea: Don't Talk About My Breasts Or My Bikini Line
Call me old-fashioned, but I've always believed a certain degree of discretion — or, really, confidentiality — should prevail in professions like gynecology, drugstore clerking and bikini waxing. And now I'm thinking this should extend to bra-fitting.
Scary Italians, Bad Sex, And Other Worthwhile Mistakes
Rachel Shukert's new memoir Everything Is Going To Be Great does something unfortunately rare in women's writing: celebrating mistakes.
Sonia Sotomayor To Write Memoir
Ready for another "coming-of-age" memoir? Well, since this one grows in a Bronx housing project and becomes a Supreme Court Justice, we are. Sonia Sotomayor just signed a book deal with Knopf for an as-yet-untitled memoir.
Ex-Prime Minister's Wife To Write Downing Street Tell-All
Well, that was quick. Sarah Brown, wife of former British PM Gordon, has announced that she's penning "a behind-the-scenes memoir about life at 10 Downing St." It's tentatively titled Behind the Black Door, and due out in March. [Yahoo]
Lonely No More: Isolation Comes Out Of The Closet
The title Lonely tends to conjure up words like shy, sad, and withdrawn, so it's something of a surprise that Emily White has written an impassioned call to arms on behalf of a condition no one wants to talk about.
Her Book — Well, One Of Her Books
Extraordinary, Ordinary People — Condoleezza Rice's first of two memoirs — will be released in October. The book will discuss her family and mentors — readers will have to wait for the sequel for shoe-shopping tips during natural disasters. [NYT]
"Jenny Sanford Is Best Known For The One Role She Refused To Play"
Jenny Sanford's book will be released on February 5th, a month earlier than expected, her publishers announced. And Ballantine Books has posted a lengthy synopsis of Staying True, the "candid and compelling memoir" of Sanford's "very public betrayal." [CNN, NYDN]
"Pity The Man Whose Wife Writes A Memoir": Why Men Fear Female…
The news may be full of prominent men who couldn't keep it in their pants — but one Wall Street Journal writer thinks it's women's lips that need zipping. Because the real problem with modern marriage is the female overshare.
Women And Memoirs: When A Little Narcissism Is A Good Thing
Serial memoirist Mary Karr has a new book out, and in a Double X interview she shares some interesting insights about women's autobiographical writing — and some annoying shit about how much god likes her.
Judging A Book By Its Cover: An Artistic Analysis Of Going Rogue
As mentioned earlier, the cover of Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue was released today. Since we don't yet have access to the idiocy that lies beneath, we decided to take a closer look at the cover, from an artistic perspective.