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more about #memoir Lono285: I am a Wyoming native, and live here still. I do not know a single person who was not disgusted and horrified by what happened to Matthew Shepard. It ... more » foodbaby: It's so great to see this post. I work at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and along with 100 other theatres around the country, we are presenting a ... more » boxspelunker: I really appreciate her comment that she wants people to remember Matthew how he really was: he wasn't an angel or perfect, and it's important to be a... more » tiredfairy: Fully, fully support this. Along with homosexuals, transgender people are targeted for violence at a higher rate, for much the same reasons. They are ... more » bluesbelle: Shortly after this, a group of four grown men drive into the Castro district of SF looking for a gay man to beat up. They saw my friend, who weighed 1... more » MalinaMango: I remember when this happened because it was my twelfth birthday. I had never met a gay person and had only ever been in tiny Catholic schools, and I'... more » MizJenkins: WOW. I didn't realize that teh gays were not a protected class under the hate crime bill. That blows my mind.... That really does need to change imme... more » curiousgeorgiana: I remember listening to all of the details of this awful murder come out during the trial. I vividly remember the interview of the police officer who... more » cocobanal: Aw, my grandmother used to whip out her teeth, too, just to make me laugh. She didn't have a gun, though, but she did wear mid-heel pumps and rolled h... more » sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: I read the Glass Castle for an English course, it was an amazing read. My final paper addressed some of the symbolism throughout the novel. more » GeorgeFayne: I'm the only person who hated The Glass Castle, right? more » jengrrrl: I see publishers have learned their lessons: memoirs sell very well, but often have pesky made up things in them. I know, we'll market them as "true-l... more » Erda: I do find it irritatingly pretentious when conservative Christians attest there is something special about them believing in Jesus and act like they'r... more » whynotshesaid: I will probably read this, if only as research for my own book proposal, which will also be a memoir that has to do with religion. However, I do ha... more » aureliajones: Since when does "nice girl" mean "Christian girl"? more » thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: Oh, are zealot and intellectual the only religious types now? more » kungfutoday: Living life doesn't entitle you to a memoir. I hope for her sake that the actual book is more interesting than the descriptions make it sound. I, to... more » Flackette Goes Retro: As someone who, until the age of 25, was herself virginal and rather a "good girl" (I'm still pretty staid, if no longer virginal) I think this narrat... more » J.D.Regent: I guess that when there isn't that foundational conflict between her present self and the way that she was brought up (since she remains in the religi... more » andBegorrah: So I should give up on hoping that I'll get a book deal out of my LookAtThisNotFuckingHipster blog? more » -
#lovevshate
Can Matthew Shepard's Memory Prevent Future Hate Crimes?
Eleven years after Matthew Shepard was fatally beaten for being gay, his mother Judy is releasing a memoir about his life and death. An excerpt and interview in Newsweek reveal her efforts to spare others from her son's fate. More » -
#strangerthanfiction
Glass Castle Author Pens "True-Life Novel"
Jeannette Walls, author of memoir The Glass Castle, will publish a "true-life novel" about her grandmother, a horsewoman and pilot who "was always cursing and dancing, whipping out her gun or whipping out her teeth." [Publishers Weekly] -
#warstories
Is The "Nice-Girl" Tell-All The New Shocker?
There's always been a conflict between intellectualism and religion - now more than ever. In a new memoir, one writer confesses to being a nice girl in an ironic world. More » -
#foodfights
"I Was A Baby Bulimic," Now He's A Food Critic
New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni makes a living eating. So it's both disturbing and encouraging to learn, in this excerpt from his memoir Born Round that his early years were plagued with weight struggles, self-loathing and eating disorders. More » -
#talestotell
Family Affair
Allegra Huston's mom posed for Cocteau, her dad was director John, her secret biological father was a viscount, and when young she lived with older sister Anjelica and Jack Nicholson. We'll read her memoir. [NYT]
