by Cheryl Foggo
★★★★½
Tag archives: memoir
Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers
by Kit de Waal (Editor)
Read: Jill Dawson, Louise Doughty, Katy Massey, Jodie Russian-Red, Adam Sharp, Eva Verde, Tony Walsh
Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: One Introvert’s Year of Saying Yes
by Jessica Pan
I’m largely resistant to labels, self-mythologising, and platitudes of self-help, but these aspects were balanced out with a respect for embracing uncertainty and Jessica’s comic tone.
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America
by Darnell L. Moore
★★★★
The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
by Nadia Murad
★★★★
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
by Cathy Park Hong
★★★
Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being
by Romesh Ranganathan
The mystique is obliterated. I was disappointed by his shallow, regurgitating defence at the end of chapter nine; punching down subverts nothing. I am however heavily into self-deprecation and anecdotes of social inoperativeness (plus laid-back veganism) so this book had the highest laugh rate out of any comic … Read more
Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being
by Amy Fung
★★★
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
by Alicia Elliott
★★★½
Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid
by Cecil Paul
★★★½
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World
by Kai Cheng Thom
★★★
Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares
by Aarti Namdev Shahani
★★★½
The Strength of Women: Âhkamêyimowak
by Priscilla Settee (Editor)
★★★½
The Ungrateful Refugee
by Dina Nayeri
★★★★½
Heavy: An American Memoir
by Kiese Laymon
★★★½
All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger, and the Female Body
by Dani Burlisson (Editor)
★★★½
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
by Ali Wong
★★★★
From the Ashes
by Jesse Thistle
Jesse’s writing is magnetic and his story’s intense. Facing racism and bullying and dropping out of school in grief is the faint overlap I’ve lived. I thought about when a friend from Turkey told me that he was never bullied growing up—because the school system was so oppressive … Read more
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
by Samra Habib
★★★½
Love & Courage: My Story of Family, Resilience, and Overcoming the Unexpected
by Jagmeet Singh
★★★★½