Biographies & Memoirs

Nonfiction

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

Frances Kuffel has a killer sense of humor, which you need if you’re a 53-year-old female writer living in New York City, wear size 22, eke a living from irregular adjunct teaching and regular dog walking, live in an apartment nicknamed ‘the Bat Cave’ (just as dark, but a lot…

Cathy PerlmutterSeptember 14, 2014

Nonfiction

From salesgirl to flamenco dancer in a foot-stomping firecracker of a memoir

Nellie Bennett, author of Only in Spain: A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love (Sourcebooks, July) asked a question that led her to chase her dreams all the way from a dreary job at a department store in Sydney, Australia to the dance floors…

Melissa DuclosJuly 29, 2014

Nonfiction

Gabrielle Bell shares the pros and cons of personal diary as graphic novel

Sometimes, we look, but we don't see. It takes a patient, trenchant observer to map out the seemingly insignificant moments of everyday life in a way that resonates, that feels true. With her delicate, unmistakable line and her sharp wit, Gabrielle Bell is one of the most compelling cartoonists around.…

Tahneer OksmanJuly 21, 2014

Nonfiction

Come for the chicken wings, stay for the rockstars: Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe are JUST KIDS

Just Kids, a memoir by artist and musician Patti Smith, is a touching glimpse into one of the most endearing relationships ever seen on the page. Throughout the book, the strong bond between Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is evident; the relationship guiding and dividing both of their lives in…

Amanda HarknessMarch 11, 2014

Nonfiction

Sex, drugs, desires, and razzle dazzle: exclusive interview with FOSSE author Sam Wasson

The flick of the wrist. The throw of the hip. Bowler hats, bowed legs, pigeon-toes and slumped shoulders. It’s the undeniable styling of the legendary director/choreographer Bob Fosse. Now, more than 25 years after his death, and almost four years in the making, Sam Wasson, author of the New York…

BookTribDecember 30, 2013

Nonfiction

Robert Ripley, the buck-toothed, socially awkward cartoonist who dazzled Americans

In the past, my friend Neal Thompson has illuminated the lives of astronauts, moonshiners, race car rivers and high school football players. Now he turns his considerable research and storytelling talents to the life of Robert Ripley, the buck-toothed, socially awkward cartoonist who dazzled Americans with his compulsive need to…

BookTrib Guest AuthorMay 17, 2013

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McDowell

An admired and lauded surgeon climbs to the top of his profession, but his callous and questionably moral determination angers colleagues and friends who vow to destroy him. He becomes a member of the president's cabinet when a personal family tragedy presents him with a dilemma that leads to a…

BookTribNovember 20, 2015

Fiction

Lessons from Ann Patchett for the new year

Perhaps a more accurate title for Ann Patchett’s latest book, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage (HarperCollins, November), would be This Is More Than the Story of a Happy Marriage. A collection of essays on writing, her dog, divorce, and yes, her now happy marriage, the book isn’t…

Melissa DuclosJanuary 7, 2014

Catching up with Frances Kuffel after the search for Mr. Good Enough

From salesgirl to flamenco dancer in a foot-stomping firecracker of a memoir

Gabrielle Bell shares the pros and cons of personal diary as graphic novel

Come for the chicken wings, stay for the rockstars: Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe are JUST KIDS

Sex, drugs, desires, and razzle dazzle: exclusive interview with FOSSE author Sam Wasson

Robert Ripley, the buck-toothed, socially awkward cartoonist who dazzled Americans

McDowell

Lessons from Ann Patchett for the new year

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