Bob Moore’s picaresque memoirs, recounting his (mis)adventures around the world were originally published in 1935. Dissident Books have now republished this "lost" classic, with the addition of afterword by James Kelman – and not before time.
Chinese Cinderella narrates the childhood story of the author herself, Adeline Yen Mah, during World War II. It is a compelling autobiography of a young Chinese girl who longed for love and acceptance from her family all her life.
This article explores the author’s, Philip Caputo, background, training, and attitudes, as well as the environment/ climate of Vietnam. It also shows how Caputo was exposed to the brutality of the war and its confusing nature. It also references the experiences of two other soldiers to give credibility to the author’s own attitudes. They have no significance to the book other than that.
A “think piece” warning against overkill praise concerning cultural works.
Death: A Life is a to die for memoir from the eternal being known as Death who as the diabolical son of Satan and Sin, reveal to mortals for the first time in eternity his dreadful life story as the Grim Reaper and End of All Things.
The autobiographical nature of poetry and its power to heal. Careful consideration is given to the poetics of Carol Muske and Joy Harjo.
This is a book review essay on the memoir of a World War II American officer who touched my mother’s life.
