Memoir

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In this memerable memoire Laura Kate Dale tells readers about her experience growning up as a gay trans woman on the…

Award-winning author and social theorist Ibram X. Kendi weaves together history, law, science, ethics, and his own…

There are a lot of misconceptions about Amish life out there. Sam S. Stoltzfus is a member of the community, and has…

"Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe our of trillions of dollars…

Mariah Carey shares with the reader the story of her life in her own words -- from her upbringing to the foreground…

What would you name a pet peacock that your neighbor unexpectedly gave you? What if he'd given you three? Sean Flynn…

Memoir of an neurodiverse educator, Chris Martin shares his experiences, namely teaching poetry to help autistic…

As a graduate student, now doctor with a punny name, Megan Lowman was exploring Australian rainforests when she realized…

A poignant debut blending magical realism, memoir, and graphic medicine. Drifting through the life of an old woman, her…

Chief Primatologist (and  sole employee) Ayun Halliday brings her hilarious anti-fashion sensibilities to The East…

For fans of true crime and shows like Criminal Minds, Hearts of Darkness is about one of the first (and only, at the…

This memoir in verse tells the story of the author, his family, and the Onondaga, stemming from the legacy of the…

Faith Jones was brought up in a rather unique way. She grew up on a secluded farm in Macau, where her family belonged…

Growing up in Australia, Fariha Róisín, a Bangladeshi Muslim, struggled to fit in. In attempts to assimilate, she…

Author Melissa Harrison lived in London for two decades, safely insulated away from the natural world. It wasn't until…

After a traumatic brain injury that sent her life and successful career as a Canadian Armed Forces engineering…

Rebeca Schiller worked hard to make her dream come true and finally she was able to move her family to a new life in…

One writer’s attempt to confront her own double—and in so doing, confronting the sinister doppelgangers and shadow…

Kinari Webb was a fledgling herself when she began studying orangutans in Borneo. The plight of these "people of the…

Keith Morris is a true punk icon. No one else embodies the sound of Southern Californian hardcore the way he does. With…

These are the books that made Elly, MCP's VP, fall in love with Microcosm. Before I started working here officially in…

In 1968, author Keith Stewart relocated to upstate New York and established an organic farm. Though it proved to be…

In Birdgirl, we follow Mya-Rose and her family and their birding adventures around the world. Mya-Rose, a passionate…

Since she was knee high to an elephant, Dr. Hannah Mumby has felt a profound passion for wildlife. But it was when she…

Action Park was the legendary amusement park so dangerous it was called, variously, "Traction Par," "Accident Park," or…

From drag shows to dildo races, dyke bars are sacred spaces for community and freedom to just exist- so what's happened…