Autobiography: literary books

Poet Kim Barnes grew up in northern Idaho, in the isolated camps where her father worked as a logger and her mother...  Read More >>

A masterful biography of Yehuda Halevi, poet laureate of the Jewish people and a shining example of the synthesis...  Read More >>

As this concluding volume of his moving and revealing memoirs begins, Elie Wiesel is forty years old, a writer of...  Read More >>

Bestselling author Conroy ( The Prince of Tides ) celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life. He...  Read More >>

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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, STARRING JASON SEGAL AND JESSE EISENBERG, DIRECTED BY JAMES PONSOLDT An indelible...  Read More >>

At the time of his death, Louis Auchincloss enemy of bores, self-pity, and gossip less than fresh had just finished...  Read More >>

The Sisters Antipodes is a unique window on the intimate devastations of family betrayal, in equal measure unsettling...  Read More >>

Originally published: London: Constable, 2009.  Read More >>

In this biography of the iconic literary figure the London Times called the American Chekhov, Sklenicka penetrates...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Century Co. Subjects: Biography...  Read More >>

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This wise, original, and persuasive new portrait of E.M. Forster and his place amongst 20th-century English letters...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography and a New York Times bestseller: a prize-winning,...  Read More >>

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Internationally bestselling author, Anne Rice, has written twenty-eight novels - magnificent tales of other worldly...  Read More >>

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAY MCINERNEY John Cheever's letters offer a tantalising glimpse into the life of a writer....  Read More >>

This selection includes correspondence from Hughes's marriage to Sylvia Plath, and his letters to those he trusted...  Read More >>

Australian literature began soon after the settlement of the country by Europeans. Common themes include indigenous...  Read More >>

This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and...  Read More >>

White s abiding kinship with Rimbaud gives this restless soul s well-traveled tale new fire. Vanity Fair  Read More >>

Wineapple gives a radiant portrayal of one of the most remarkable friendships in American letters--between the elusive,...  Read More >>

Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life is the definitive, authorized biography of one of the world's most popular and widely...  Read More >>

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