memoir
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In his memoir “Beautiful Things,” Hunter confesses he even has the Hebrew word for peace—shalom—tattooed on his arm.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
No wonder Ms. Wisse’s 2021 memoir “Free as a Jew” begins by praising her father for his political realism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Pratt enrolled at USC in 2003, hoping to “conquer Wall Street,” according to his memoir.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Elaborately framed as the translation of a rediscovered travel memoir, complete with fictional footnotes, many readers thought it was about a genuine historic text when the book was first published in 2020.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
When Olaudah Equiano published his memoir, he educated his readers about the horrors of the slave trade.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
Vocabulary lists containing memoir
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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