memoir
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A policy argument has a limited shelf life; a devotional or memoir can sell indefinitely.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Later exposed as a total fabrication, the revelation did little to hurt sales of her memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
He later recalled in his memoir that he had written the song as an undergraduate, adding that when the film eventually appeared, "my record received an artificial boost on the 'pop' market".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Jerry had already opened up about his life in his memoir, “West by West,” but do you think this was still cathartic for him?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
“Stealing was always a problem,” Charles Robert Jenkins wrote in his 2008 memoir about forty years of living inside the country.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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