Memoir

Black writers from all disciplines tell one of history’s great epics: the journey of African Americans from…

Not everyone knows the history of bands that made it big, but it can be interesting to see what made them into the…

In this moving, tender, and heart-breaking memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan tells the story of her life through seven dogs…

Studs Terkel's classic book Working is comprised of interviews with working-class people about their jobs, so who…

As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina…

Dozens of lovely essays, interviews, poems, and illustrations are compiled here in this best-of collection from…

"Don't read my diary when I'm gone...Ok, I'm going to work now, when you wake up this morning, please…

Morrissey details his life before fame and after. From the creation of the Smiths to his solo career and beyond,…

Sarah McBride urges: "We must never be a country that says there's only one way to love, only one way to look,…

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

This brief but inclusive biography of Franz Kafka and summary of many of his works, all illustrated by Crumb, helps us…

This compelling graphic collection features 18 women—including Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Alice Dunbar…

Patti Smith was my teenage hero; reading her books later in life has made me admire her more than ever. As a rocker,…

The 56th issue of Cometbus is a loving ethnography of New York City's wild, weird, and bearded used book trade.…

An anthology of personal, intimate stories that revolve around tea. Read of family intensity, heartache, and grief all…

A short book pulling together a few selections previously publishing in other zines, magazines, and newspapers to…

After twenty years Aaron returns to his duties as a Green Day roadie and heads to Asia. A few things have changed with…

When you're within Cometbus's pages, you experience the work of one of the greatest writers of our…

Alternating between personal anecdote, hilarious insight, and smart analysis, Luke Skywalker Can’t…

The goal of this project was to convey the true cost of prisons in a way that was accessible and didn't scare people…

The definitive monograph of Glen E. Friedman, a pioneer of skate, punk, and hip-hop photography, including much…

From the award-winning blogger, Jools Walker, better known as Lady Vélo. Walker rediscovered cycling at 28 after…

A big, super-nice, full-color comics anthology with all kinds of stories of stupendous queerness. Learn about some…

An account of five years of immersion in modern Paganism. Alex Mar, a journalist on a personal spiritual mission,…

From the author of Fun Home, a graphic memoir of a lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious…

Monsters is the latest graphic novel by Ken Dahl, author of the Microcosm published title Welcome to the Dahlhouse.…