Tag: Memoir
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The Shining: my trip to the G7 horror show with Emmanuel Macron
Deeply unpopular in France, President Macron relishes the international stage, where he projects himself as the leader best placed to handle Trump. Seven years after our last encounter, I joined him as he prepared for battle
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TheTalentedMr. Bruseaux
He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.
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Finding a Family of Boys
Tags: Coming of age Family Friendship Identity Masculinity Memoir Race Self-Discovery Journey Youth & EducationLeaving Brooklyn for a new life as a college student in Manhattan was in itself an act of becoming.
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Black Girl, Blue Leotard: How My Ticket to Belonging Broke My Heart
Lisa’s dance uniform was everything. She cherished it, wore it everywhere. Until, that is, she took a new dance class where she felt inferior and started to see things in a different light.
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Life After Uncovering a Mind-Blowing Family Secret
Dani Shapiro talks about her extraordinary new memoir, Inheritance, and what it’s like to “rewrite” your origin story at age 54.