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Memoirs

  1. from the archives
    Revisiting Some of the Most Memorable Homes Wendy Goodman Ever ScoutedOn the occasion of her memoir, our design editor recalls a few of her greatest hits.
    By Wendy Goodman
  2. must read
    10 Life-Affirming Takeaways From Bill Cunningham’s Posthumous Memoir“Never hold back.”
    By Emilia Petrarca
  3. nice surprise
    A Fashion Legend’s Secret Memoir Was Just UnearthedCalled Fashion Climbing.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  4. Michelle Obama Releasing ‘Deeply Personal’ Memoir This FallAnd she’s going on a book tour!
    By Devon Ivie
  5. ghostwriters
    You’ll Never Guess Who Co-wrote Tiffany Haddish’s New MemoirOne hint, he penned a sexist bro-bible in 2006.
    By Leah Rodriguez
  6. teen spirit
    Ivanka Trump Says She Had a ‘Punk Phase’The president’s daughter opens up in her mother’s new memoir.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  7. books
    New York City, Remembered Through What We WoreA firefighter’s uniform, boots from a downed plane, and more: eight sartorial stories from Emily Spivack’s new book, Worn in New York.
    By Emily Spivack
  8. the body politic
    Hillary Clinton Is Finally Expressing Anger. Why Does That Make Everyone Mad?What makes What Happened unusual and unusually valuable is that in it, Clinton is doing something she was not free to do during the election.
    By Rebecca Traister
  9. books
    Hillary Clinton Will Open Up About the 2016 Election in Her Book What HappenedSimon & Schuster will publish the book on September 12.
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. book excerpt
    Leaving Home, When Your Home Is a ConventAnd your dad is a pantsless, gun-toting Catholic priest.
    By Patricia Lockwood
  13. book deals
    Huma Abedin Reportedly Wants $2 Million for a Tell-All BookShe’s rumored to be meeting with “top literary agents” to discuss a book deal.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  14. the trumps
    Ivana Trump Is Writing a ‘Nonpolitical’ Memoir About Raising Her KidsThe book will be about her “motherhood, strength, and resilience,” apparently.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  15. Tina Brown Is Publishing a Vanity Fair Tell-All Based on Her DiariesThe book will be a “supercharged” portrait of Condé Nast in the ‘80s.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  16. Tavi Gevinson Is Reportedly Working on a Book About Her Life in New York“Page Six” says it will be about acting in plays and New York.
    By Lisa Ryan
  17. cut cover story
    Cat Marnell Is Still AliveAnd the “unhealthy health writer” has a new memoir.
    By Emily Gould
  18. Zayn Malik Opens Up About His Struggle With an Eating DisorderIt was during his time in One Direction.
    By Lisa Ryan
  19. sorry not sorry
    Naya Rivera Says She Once Caught Ariana Grande Sitting on Big Sean’s CouchSomeone whose name “rhymes with Smariana Schmande” may have played a role in her broken engagement.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  20. celebrity memoirs
    Simone Biles Is Writing a Christian MemoirIt’s called Courage to Fall.
    By Nate Jones
  21. inside amy schumer's book
    7 Things We Learned About Amy Schumer From Her New BookThe Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo.
    By Anna Silman
  22. party chat
    Pat Cleveland Wants to Write a Book About Her LoversIf life is a bottle of Champagne, they’re the bubbles.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  25. books
    This Book by Amy Schumer’s Head Writer Is Better Than TherapyThe Inside Amy Schumer head writer wraps profound thoughts in a very funny package.
    By Anna Silman
  26. guaranteed bestsellers
    Caitlyn Jenner’s Memoir Is on the WayComing spring 2017.
    By Allison P. Davis
  27. fallen idols
    Chrissie Hynde Doesn’t Care If You Buy Her Book or Her Version of RapeShe’s a rock star, not a spokesperson. 
    By Allison P. Davis
  28. self portrait
    Return Ticket: The Memories on My BookshelfRereading is like rewriting ourselves, reinventing the past.
    By Valeria Luiselli
  29. self portrait
    10 Honest Moments From This Fall’s Big MemoirsA preview.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  30. self portrait
    How I Learned to Love Almost DyingAn outtake from The Folded Clock by Heidi Julavits.
    By Heidi Julavits
  31. writers
    25 Famous Women on Writing Their Own StoriesThe power (and challenges) of self-reflection.
    By Julie Ma
  32. self portrait
    Eve’s Hollywood: The Sex Life of a ’70s ‘It’ GirlThe memoirs of Eve Babitz, a scandalous scenester of the ‘60s and ‘70s, are being reissued.  
    By Eve Babitz
  33. self portrait
    Is This ‘It Happened to Me’ Headline Real or Fake?Take our quiz, test your knowledge.
    By Dayna Evans
  34. book excerpt
    Growing Up Black and Female Meant Depression Was ForbiddenWe were not to be depressed or unduly high-strung; we were not to have nervous collapses. We were too strong for that.
    By Margo Jefferson
  37. Here Are Some Suggested Titles for World Cup Star Carli Lloyd’s MemoirThey’re all winners.
    By Dayna Evans
  38. advice
    How to Live, According to One Very Pretty Rich Person Always pack a party dress, don’t fight your inner Wasp, and more!
    By Rebecca Harrington
  39. q&a
    The Memoirs of a Sex Object: A Feminist ProjectJessica Valenti talks about her new book and why it made her more sympathetic to Lena Dunham.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  40. excerpt
    Kim Gordon on the Pain and Anger of Performing With Her ExWhat it was like to go onstage with Thurston Moore for Sonic Youth’s last show.
    By Kim Gordon
  41. first person
    What Would You Do If You Knew You’d Go Blind?Well, if you’re a 19-year-old, you decide to have a lot of sex.
    By Nicole C. Kear
  42. interview
    Q&A: Talking ’70s Rock Style and Life on the Road With Lisa RobinsonThe rock journalist has a new memoir, There Goes Gravity. 
    By Maggie Lange
  43. male gaze
    Male Gaze: Rob Lowe, Now an AARP MemberThe ageless actor turns 50 today.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  44. memoirs
    Lady Gaga’s Jealous Ex-Boyfriend Threatens LawsuitMemoirist and Gaga ex Lüc Carl is unhappy with his portrayal in Gaga’s friend’s memoir, Rivington Was Ours.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  45. memoirs
    Wendy Davis to Publish Memoir Before Governor RaceInevitable, still exciting. 
    By Kat Stoeffel
  46. memoirs
    Anjelica Huston’s Life With Difficult MenA whirlwind of wildly dramatic relationships.
    By Maggie Lange
  49. interview
    Q&A: Alison Bechdel on the New Fun Home MusicalWatching a song-and-dance version of your memories is “really freaky,” it turns out.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  50. quotables
    Elizabeth Smart Speaks Out Against Victim-Blaming In her candid new memoir.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  51. for the love
    Courtney Love Won’t Talk About Sex in Her Memoir“I don’t do kiss-tell.”
    By Allison P. Davis
  52. oversharing
    How to Win at the Women’s Memoir GameOne way to cut critics to the quick is to concede up front that you’re in it for the cash.
    By Michelle Dean
  53. smellin' mellon
    Tamara Mellon’s Memoir Will Come Out in OctoberCalled In My Shoes.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  54. the supremes
    Sonia Sotomayor Quickly Becoming the Oprah of the Supreme CourtLong may she reign.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  55. tyra mail
    Do Not Give Tyra OlestraA former publicist has a new memoir out with some rather interesting tidbits.
    By Amina Akhtar
  56. party lines
    If Simon Doonan Designed Clothes They Wouldn’t Be for the Little PeopleThey’d be for plus-size women!