Faith and chronic illness shape the inspiring memoir "From Ashes to Beauty". Written with the flavor of a tract, Emma Arnold’s concise spiritual memoir From Ashes to Beauty: My Journey with God and MS explores the intersection of... Read More

A greased-lightning text, "By Chance" is the inspiring memoir of a self-motivated and accomplished racer. Rick Shortle—a former home repairman who leveraged his passion for motorbikes into a career behind the wheel, racing on speedways... Read More

A top-tier work of prison literature, Ahmed Naji’s poetic memoir "Rotten Evidence" follows his 2016 sentencing by an Egyptian court for “moral turpitude” over a novel excerpt. Beginning with Naji’s entry into prison, the book... Read More

A layered scholar’s memoir, Susan J. Godwin’s "Rain Dodging" details and personalizes her research into the late seventeenth-century Stuart court of Queen Mary of Modena, consort to James II. While studying at Oxford, Godwin became... Read More

The impassioned memoir "A Quotidian Quash" chronicles struggles within the psychiatric system. Dorian Redus’s memoir "A Quotidian Quash" charts his history of psychiatric treatment over more than four decades. Redus spent time as a... Read More

"Madame PhD" is about achieving success despite the hardships brought about by race and economic class. Gwynette Ford Lacy’s memoir "Madame PhD" is about defeating the odds and following dreams of academic success. Lacy grew up... Read More

"Held and Free" is an introspective memoir about the transformative power of living openly. Meagan M. O’Nan’s memoir "Held and Free" is about choosing authentic self-discovery and the challenging yet rewarding path to... Read More

A memoir about transgender womanhood and the messy art of self-construction, McKenzie Wark’s "Love and Money, Sex and Death" models how identity muddies the waters of who you are, what you want to be like, and who you want to be with.... Read More