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30 Books Perfect for Summer Reading

Summer holds a special place in the heart of book readers: yes, fall and winter are both excellent for cozying up with the latest thriller, novel, or romance, but summer brings with it the heat that just makes you want to lie down on a beach somewhere with your sunglasses…

BookTribJune 2, 2018

Nonfiction

Marcia Gay Harden’s Powerful Memoir Honors Her Mother

A well-known actress from both stage and screen, Marcia Gay Harden tells the story of her life in the context of memories she has with her mother in her memoir, The Seasons of My Mother (Atria). Their close relationship is so beautiful and all the more painful as her mother’s memory…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 21, 2018

Nonfiction

When You Look With Your Heart, Oh The Things You Might See!: A Review of ‘Will’s Red Coat’ by Tom Ryan

Will’s Red Coat is, at first glance, a moving and beautiful true story of a dog on death row who chooses life against significant challenges, and the exquisitely compassionate and patient author, Tom Ryan, who brought him home, initially, to die with dignity. Look deeper, however, and Ryan’s story…

BookTribMarch 30, 2018

Nonfiction

‘Laura Meets Jeffrey’: An X-Rated ‘Literary’ Love Story

Anka Radakovich in “British GQ”: “Laura Meets Jeffrey" is a fascinating nonfiction "erotic memoir." Jeffrey Michelson chronicles the wildest, most intense sexual scene in New York City's history. This book is raunchy, dirty and disgusting. I couldn't put it down." Norman Mailer from his foreword: “Objective, funny, salacious, and perversely—dare I…

Joanna PoncavageFebruary 19, 2018

Nonfiction

Kathleen Hill’s Favorite Memoirs To Help Get You Through the Last Days of Our Writing Contest

Inspired by an interview and memoir written by Kathleen Hill, BookTrib is hosting our first writing contest where anyone with a story to tell can write for a chance to be a 2018 BookTrib Contributor. Hill, who is also a professor of writing at Sarah Lawrence College will be judging the contest …

Kathleen HillJanuary 30, 2018

Nonfiction

From One Survivor to Another: A Posthumous Memoir Brings Two Sickle Cell Survivors Together

Gail Woolley was told at the age of seven that she, along with her brother, would not live past the age of thirty five. Unfortunately, Gail’s brother lived a different lifestyle than she did and proved the doctor’s prognosis to be true, but Gail did not. She was determined prove…

Jennifer K. Moore SmithJanuary 25, 2018

Miscellany

Your Online, Curated Bookshelf: This Week’s Best New Releases

Last week, we encouraged you to read more this year, a New Year's resolution. This week, we have some more fantastic additions for your bookshelf--- or for someone else's bookshelf--- if you're feeling generous, or in need of a gift! With the latest thrillers, political analyses and exposés, and edgy…

BookTribJanuary 16, 2018

Nonfiction

Tragic, Praiseworthy and Monumental: Review of Tara Westover’s ‘Educated’

Tara Westover's coming-of-age story in her memoir Educated, is incredible, tragic, praiseworthy and monumental. From a young girl loving and believing everything her parents tell her, to questioning their logic and actively pursuing different answers and other ways of thinking, Westover has always had the inherent desire to know more. Reminiscent of…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 11, 2018

Fiction

Q&A with David Plante, Author of ‘American Stranger’ and ‘Difficult Women’

Brought up in a secularized Jewish household on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Nancy Green knows little about her parents’ past. She knows they were World War II Jewish refugees who were able to escape Germany with precious family heirlooms that are constant reminders of a lost life and a world…

BookTribJanuary 3, 2018

Nonfiction

‘Each Life Can Teach Us’: Bestselling Author Steven Gaines on Memoir Writing

Why are so many people writing memoirs? Expiation? Ego? Money? Revenge? One reason is that access to social media has given the average citizen the misimpression that people care what they had for lunch. Andy Warhol was wrong when he said in the future everybody was going to be famous…

Steven GainesDecember 7, 2017

Miscellany

Get Ready. Get Set. Get Published. BookTrib’s FIRST Writing Contest!

Looking for a way to get your writing career off the ground? Let us help you launch it! Here's a great opportunity for anyone who considered a career as a writer to be published! Our inaugural memoir writing contest is your chance to compete for a gig as a BookTrib Contributor.…

BookTribDecember 5, 2017

Nonfiction

A Life in Books: Author Kathleen Hill Talks About the Power of Words and Writing Her New Book

Before I spoke with Kathleen Hill for the first time, I had been talking with a friend about aging and watching the adults in our lives, some who’ve passed away, struggle with memory in their later years. We were both saying how we wished they had written down some of…

Aisha K. StaggersDecember 4, 2017

Nonfiction

Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Fisher, Reality Stars and More: 50+ Memoir Deals for Under $16

Are you interested in reading about how some of your favorite actors and musicians became famous? Or maybe you want to know what it's like to grow up in the White House. Whatever your interest, there is definitely a personal story here that will not only be worth your dollar,…

Maggie MeyersDecember 1, 2017

Miscellany

Can’t Get Enough of the Big News? Here Are Some More Royal Reads!

From now until the big day next spring, we look forward to all the updates on wedding details and invitation lists for the British royal family when Prince Harry Weds Meghan Markle! Because we're obsessed with royalty (The Princess Diaries is a big subject of discussion in the office today), we…

BookTribNovember 27, 2017

Miscellany

BookTrib’s First Writing Contest: Could You Be Our Next Contributor?

Do you love reading BookTrib? Would you love writing for BookTrib even more? Here's your chance! We are launching our first official writing contest where emerging writers and those who thought about writing will have the opportunity to compete for a position as a BookTrib Contributor for 2018! The contest…

Aisha K. StaggersNovember 27, 2017

Nonfiction

‘Growing Up Fisher:’ Joely Fisher Reflects on Family, Fame and Life in New Memoir

Joely Fisher has had a long career in Hollywood as an actress and singer. The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens, she grew up in the spotlight as part of a Hollywood dynasty, alongside her half-sister Carrie Fisher. With her mother and younger sister Tricia Leigh Fisher, Joely toured the world,…

BookTribNovember 15, 2017

Marcia Gay Harden’s Powerful Memoir Honors Her Mother

When You Look With Your Heart, Oh The Things You Might See!: A Review of ‘Will’s Red Coat’ by Tom Ryan

‘Laura Meets Jeffrey’: An X-Rated ‘Literary’ Love Story

Kathleen Hill’s Favorite Memoirs To Help Get You Through the Last Days of Our Writing Contest

From One Survivor to Another: A Posthumous Memoir Brings Two Sickle Cell Survivors Together

Your Online, Curated Bookshelf: This Week’s Best New Releases

Tragic, Praiseworthy and Monumental: Review of Tara Westover’s ‘Educated’

Q&A with David Plante, Author of ‘American Stranger’ and ‘Difficult Women’

‘Each Life Can Teach Us’: Bestselling Author Steven Gaines on Memoir Writing

Get Ready. Get Set. Get Published. BookTrib’s FIRST Writing Contest!

A Life in Books: Author Kathleen Hill Talks About the Power of Words and Writing Her New Book

Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Fisher, Reality Stars and More: 50+ Memoir Deals for Under $16

Can’t Get Enough of the Big News? Here Are Some More Royal Reads!

BookTrib’s First Writing Contest: Could You Be Our Next Contributor?

‘Growing Up Fisher:’ Joely Fisher Reflects on Family, Fame and Life in New Memoir

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