memoir

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He described the experience in his 1974 memoir Carrying the Fire, saying he felt "truly alone" and "isolated from any known life", but that he did not feel fear or loneliness.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

People on the internet seem to be taking Lindy West’s memoir as millennial feminism’s final death knell.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Ernest Hemingway’s memoir, “A Moveable Feast,” opens with him as a young man in 1920s Paris worrying about the cost of heating his apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

His best-selling 2019 memoir “Acid for the Children” puts a lot of his current ethos into context.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

So while his words take us from Africa to the sugar islands, even his memoir does not take us to the fields.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson