Biography & Memoir
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Lives That Changed the Conversation
Stories in focus, from artists and musicians to revolutionaries and truth-tellers.
“Someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our heads where most of us actually live.” ― Kim Gordon, Girl in a BandExplore the collection
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Baldwin: A Love Story -
Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen -
The Autobiography of Malcolm X -
League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women -
3 Shades of Blue by James Kaplan -
All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert -
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig -
Shock Value by John Waters -
Salt Stones by Helen Whybrow -
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton -
Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley -
We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte Nenquimo -
Nothing More of This Land by Joseph Lee -
Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1 -
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann -
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne -
Becoming Little Shell by Chris La Tray -
Trejo's Tacos: Recipes and Stories from L.A.: A Cookbook -
The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case -
Water Remembers by Amy Bowers Cordalis -
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote -
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner -
We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat -
Poet Warrior: A Memoir by Joy Harjo