Memoir

Black writers from all disciplines tell one of history’s great epics: the journey of African Americans from 1619 to…

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 better…

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 read my diary.…

The term Zami comes from the Carriacou word to describe women working together as friends, lovers, and companions. In…

This brief but comprehensive biography of Franz Kafka and summary of many of his works, all illustrated by R. Crumb,…

As a rocker, poet, photographer, and now memoirist, Patti Smith follows her heart and her amazing mind to places that…

Feminist artist, activist, and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova offers a timely guide to radical protest and…

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

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

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 generation through…

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

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

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

Patricia Hampl travels the world to visit the homes of historic people who lived lives of intentional seclusion or…

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

This graphic memoir of a lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads from…

Based on the popular zine that had reviewers and fans alike demanding more, The Revolution Starts at Home finally breaks…

SELF-ish is a trans memoir about Chloe's remarkable life, from her childhood in a military family, her architectural…

Sometimes truth is more twisted than fiction. Lead singer of the eighties band True Sounds of Liberty, Jack…

Meet Stella the dog—a viral internet star whose claim to fame goes beyond her cuteness. You see, Stella knows how to…

The first nine issues of Al Burian’s sporadically published and widely acclaimed personal zine. Beginning in the…

The story of Frisch's personal journey into the world of magic, including an invitation into a secret underground…