Among too many good memoirs to list, these thrilled me to my toes:
Alden, Paulette Bates. Crossing the Moon
Caldwell, Gail. Let’s Take the Long Way Home (Noted & Noted & Noted.)
Crews, Harry. Childhood: The Biography of a Place (Reviewed.)
Dillard, Annie. An American Childhood (Reviewed.)
——. For the Time Being (Not a memoir but what the heck. Reviewed.)
——. The Writing Life (She calls it a memoir, and it is. Reviewed.)
Grealy, Lucy. The Autobiography of a Face (Noted.)
Grimes, Tom. Mentor (Q&A)
Karr, Mary. Lit (Oh. My. God. Reviewed.)
Lethem, Jonathan. The Disappointment Artist (“The Beards” is perfect.)
Martin, Lee. From Our House
——. Such a Life (Memoir essays. Review, Interview.)
Moore, Dinty W. Between Panic and Desire (A postmodern peach.)
Nabokov, Vladimir. Speak, Memory (I love to hate this classic. Reviewed 1 & Reviewed 2.)
Orr, Gregory. The Blessing (Reviewed.)
Patchett, Ann. Truth and Beauty
Ray, Janisse. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
——.Wild Card Quilt: Taking a Chance on Home
Roth, Philip. Patrimony
Smith, Alison. Name All the Animals (Simply perfect. Reviewed.)
Strauss, Darin. Half a Life (Reviewed.)
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail (Noted.)
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness (Better than Nabokov’s. Reviewed.)
Woolf, Virginia. Moments of Being (Noted & Noted.)
Wolff, Tobias. In Pharaoh’s Army
——. This Boy’s Life
