Sontag: Her Life and Work (left) by Benjamin Moser (right), Ecco/ HarperCollins Publishers. Photos by Ecco/ HarperCollins Publishers and Beowulf Sheehan.
A 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner by Benjamin Moser with HarperCollins Publishers
Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser is a definite portrait of an emblematic genius.
In short, it tells the story of one of America’s greatest 20th Century writers: a girl from the suburbs who grew up to be an intellectual and cosmopolitan force.
Indeed Moser was well-placed to tackle this towering life story as the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector.
Furthermore, he has worked as a books columnist for Harper’s Magazine and The New York Times Book Review.
Certainly the 832-page work has been hailed a “landmark biography” and picked up a slew of awards including being named the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography.
Keep reading to find out more about Sontag, what makes it interesting reading plus tips it offers us as life-story writers …
Memoir Playing Doctor: Part Two: Residency (Blundering along with imposter syndrome (centre) by John Lawrence (right) and in earlier times (left). Photos John Lawrence
What a former medical student with a severe case of imposter syndrome wants you to know
Playing Doctor: Part Two: Residency (Blundering along with imposter syndrome) is due out in December and covers residency training with increased responsibility and fear.
Certainly Lawrence was not a typical med student. For example, he snuck out of hospital while on-call to audition for television shows so that he could pay the rent!
But his writing has been praised by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons).
Lawrence caught up with Forever Young Autobiographies recently to tell us more about his new life-story book, the writing process and offer tips to fellow writers …
So in today’s article I’m highlighting some of the key topics we talked about such as: my top tip for writers, being a ‘planner or a pantster’, and how to get started creating a life story.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (left) by Les Payne (centre) and Tamara Payne (right), Liveright/ W. W. Norton & Company. Photos by Liveright/ W. W. Norton & Company, Newsday/J. Conrad Williams and Jamal K. Payne
A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awards winner by journalist Les Payne and Tamara Payne with W. W. Norton & Company
Epic biography The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne is not just a life story but a lesson in history.
The Liveright/ W. W. Norton & Company publication was released last year and draws on hundreds of hours of interviews to present an unprecedented portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most politically relevant figures.
Renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Les Payne started the book in 1990 and was assisted by his daughter and principal researcher Tamara Payne.
However, after her father’s death in 2018, Tamara went on to finish his life’s work.
Memoir Twice a Daughter: A search for identity, family and belonging (centre) by Julie Ryan McGue (right), She Writes Press, and in earlier times (left). Photos Julie Ryan McGue, She Writes Press
Amazing story of how identical twins overcome closed adoption to find their birth parents
The fantastic twists and turns of a family quest inspired adoptee and identical twin Julie Ryan McGue to write her new memoir.
Twice a Daughter: A search for identity, family and belonging was published in May by She Writes Press and named 2021 Living Now Awards Gold Winner in Memoir – Female.
The book tells the story of how a medical issue prompted McGue and her sister to find their birth parents.
Indeed this became a five-year quest involving a search agency, private investigator, confidential intermediary, judge, an adoption agency, social worker and a genealogist.
Plus the sisters unearthed secrets, lies and family members who were literally right next door!
Forever Young Autobiographies recently caught up with McGue to find out more about sitting down to write her amazing story …
Memoir Love in Any Language (centre) by Evelyn Kohl LaTorre (right), She Writes Press, and wearing her wedding dress, 1966 (left). Photos Evelyn Kohl LaTorre, She Writes Press
What a 1960s Peace Corps volunteer to Peru knows about interracial relationships, love and marriage
Evelyn Kohl LaTorre’s new memoir Love in Any Language is a beautiful account about the trials and joys of blending two cultures.
The book is available from September 28 through She Writes Press and follows on from Evelyn’s popular life story Between Inca Walls.
Between Inca Walls is about her Peace Corps trip to Peru in the 1960s and falling in love with University student Antonio.
But in Love in Any Language Evelyn writes about finding out she is pregnant at age 23, marrying and moving home to California.
Here she learns to juggle full-time work and parenthood while Antonio learns English, finishes college and finds a job.
Forever Young Autobiographies recently caught up with Evelyn to find out more about sitting down to write this latest book plus her top tips for fellow life-story creators …
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