memoir
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In his 2023 memoir, Did I Ever Tell You This?, he revealed details of his cancer diagnosis and treatment.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Based on Azar Nafisi’s 2003 memoir, this inconsistent film follows a professor in post-revolution Iran who hosts gatherings for her female students to read the Western canon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
As captured in a dramatization of her bestselling 2003 memoir, she apparently thought life would continue somewhat the same as before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Last year, as she promoted her memoir, she said, “It turned out to be probably the best job I’d ever had.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Lies wrote her own memoir of Vincent, published a few years before Jo’s.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
With independent reading, memoirs are big, like “Crying in H Mart” and Sylvia Plath’s fictionalized “The Bell Jar.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
No matter how many conversion memoirs he writes, he will always be the same annoying little brat.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
She also stood by her late husband despite his notorious romantic affairs with other women, something both referred to in their memoirs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Publishers say certain types of books still fare well—including celebrity memoirs and religious titles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
After losing his entire fortune to bad investments in the early 1880s, he wrote his memoirs with the help of editor Mark Twain.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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