Memoir Archive |
Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason - Guest Butler Barbara Finkelstein is the author of Summer Long-a-coming. Her pieces for Head Butler include In Defense of Long Books and The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. She
As Always, Jack - I crave a simple, old-fashioned book. With nice people I'd like to meet. With only one plot, so I don't have to remember who's who in the cast. And
Barack Obama: A Promised Land - When I was a toddler, the grownups read Time Magazine so they could sound smart at cocktail parties. They didn't read the books reviewed there or dig into The Times
Barbara Walters: Audition - I'm not sure what Barbara Walters makes now, but from 2000 to 2005, she reportedly earned $12 million a year. She surely got a nice advance from Knopf
Barefoot to Babylon - The memoir of the year. I’d bet you’ll agree. If you read it. Is “Barefoot to Avalon” sad? Try heartbreaking. And not just because David Payne’s 42-year-old brother, George A.,
Bettyville - George Hodgman died on July 20, 2019. When George Hodgman was a boy, he and his mother ended the day holding hands and praying. Not just for themselves, but for all
Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny - Zainab Salbi is the founder and CEO of Women for Women International, a Washington-based organization that has, since 1993, helped more than 22,000 women in war-ravaged
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef - For years, I had a ferocious crush on Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, creators of the Canal House cookbook series. I’d never met them --- they live hours away ---
Bob Dylan On A Couch & Fifty Cents A Day - “Eve and Mac McKenzie took me in an’ they were beautiful… I lived with them…and they fed me…and I stayed out all hours an’ came back in and went to
Bob Dylan: Chronicles - Dylan's memoir, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle prize and received a special award from the Pulitzer board for his “profound impact on popular music and
Bob Dylan: The Philosophy of Modern Song - GUEST BUTLER CHARLES WARNER is a retired college professor, author, and blogger at MediaCurmudgeon.com. He is the Goldenson Chair Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and taught for
Bossypants - Who likes Tina Fey? Pretty much everyone who saw her dead-on Sarah Palin impersonations on “Saturday Night Live.&rdquo Pretty much everyone who watched “30 Rock.” The publisher that paid her $5 million for a
Brandi Carlile: Broken Horses - This is how “Broken Horses,” Brandi Carlile’s memoir, begins: The Carliles are nail-biters. I started biting my nails at three years old. Everyone told me that if I didn’t keep my
Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World’s Most Coveted Handbag - Jane Birkin was flying from London to Paris in 1981 when she reached into her bag for her datebook and everything fell out. “I’d love a bag with pockets,” the
Broken Birds - Since I launched HeadButler.com in 2004, most of the reviews I've written are about books. In those six years, I've received many self-published books. I've never reviewed one. Today is
Brother, I’m Dying - In October of 2004, Rev. Joseph Dantica fled Haiti. The 81-year-old preacher carried a valid U.S. visa. But he was a truthful man --- he knew his
Buckminster Fuller - For a genius, he's not very well known. In the 1930s, he invented the Dymaxion Car, a three-wheeled, teardrop-shaped vehicle that carried 11 passengers, got 30 miles per gallon
Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs - A few years ago, I lectured at the Rutgers Writers’ Conference. My topic: Writing Non-Fiction as Fiction. The participants were middle-aged, non-professionals who liked to write. They were pleasant, and
Buying the Farm: Peace and War on a Sixties Commune - In the fall of 1968, I was sick of writing, sick of Cambridge, sick of the war, sick of myself. I wanted clean air and a fresh start. An invitation
C’est La Vie - Mike Gershman was in the final stages of lung cancer before the doctor discovered he was sick. Every night after that, his wife of 25 years lay in his arms
